It was learned that the victim had gone to the lounge in his area alongside his three children and wife when trouble ensued at the bar.

In the ensuing melee, the policemen in the lounge opened fire and late Peterside was hit by a stray bullet, a source said

Two policemen serving in Nigeria’s north east state of Gombe have been apprehended in the Southern state of Rivers for killing one Mr Peterside at a bar in Port Harcourt.

It’s gathered that the murderous cops shot dead the deceased in a lounge at Elelenwo Community of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.

The police officers were said to be part of a team of special operatives sent to the state for a crucial operation.

It was learned that the victim had gone to the lounge in his area alongside his three children and wife when trouble ensued at the bar.

In the ensuing melee the policemen in the lounge opened fire and late Peterside was hit by a stray bullet, a source said

However, the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed that the matter was reported by Ebikere Peterside, widow of the slain man.

Iringe-Koko said: “On Monday, August 7, 2023, Rivers State Police Command received a complaint from one Peterside Ebikere “F,” of Police Road, Elelenwo, Port Harcourt, that on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at about 2200 hrs, while at a Bar/Lounge in company of her husband and three children, all of a sudden, pandemonium broke out, and in the midst of the confusion, mobile policemen from 43 PMF Gombe on special duty in Rivers State on guard fired several shots that hit her husband.

“He was rushed to Save-a-Life Hospital, where he was certified dead by the doctor on duty. Meanwhile, they have deposited the corpse at the Military Hospital Mortuary. The policemen have been arrested and detained at the State CID for further investigation, and the outcome of the investigation will be made public.”