DPO arrested in Rivers for allegedly conspiring to allow ritual killer escape

The case of the fugitive ritual killer Ifeanyi Dike, who killed an eight-year-old for alleged money ritual and escaped police custody is still gathering steam as an unnamed Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State has been arrested for conspiring to aid the escape of the ritualist who is now at-large.

Reports say the arrest of the DPO was made on the orders of the State Police Command after it was determined that he connived with Johnbosco Okoroeze, (a dismissed police sergeant) to allow Dike escape police custody.

A police source with information on the matter said there is enough evidence to believe that the DPO was working hand in hand with the ex-sergeant, who has been remanded in police custody.

Read also: RIVERS: Police dismiss, arraign sergeant who allowed ritual killer to escape

“Even the father of the girl that was killed had said that there was communication with the IPO (dismissed sergeant) handling the matter and somebody that has not been disclosed. This happened while they were bringing the suspected ritual killer to the State Police Headquarters.

“All these and many more will serve as evidence against the DPO, who we believe has a lot to explain about his possible involvement in the escape of Ifeanyi Dike, who killed an eight-year-old boy, ostensibly for money ritual”, the source stated.

Five days ago, Sergeant Johnbosco Okoroeze, the cop under whose watch Dike escaped from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Port Harcourt was been dismissed and arraigned in court by the police.

His dismissal and arraignment was ordered by the Rivers state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Zaki, for criminal conspiracy.

 

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