DPO Murder: Police Closing In On Prime Suspect

Rivers State Police Command said its operatives are closing in on David Gift, also known as ‘2Baba’, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of the divisional police officer (DPO) of Ahoada Police Division in Ahoada-East local government area of the state, late Bako Angbashim.
Angbashim, a superintendent of police, was murdered in September 2023 by a group of suspected cultists, led by 2Baba, at Odiemude community in Ahoada-East LGA.

The deputy commissioner of police (Operations), Olubenga Adepoju, spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt while handing over to a company, four 20KVA generators that were recovered by the police from 2Baba’s hideout.
The wanted cult kingpin had seized the generators from the company for not paying the sum of N20 million to him as ‘matching ground’, an illegal levy imposed on persons or organisations by cultists.

Adepoju said, “I am here representing Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, today, to handover some Perkins generators, that were recovered by our tactical teams.
“They were seized by the notorious most wanted criminal in Rivers Command, David Gift aka 2 Baba and his gang, who killed SP Bako Angbashim, DPO of Ahoada Police Division some months back.

“These generators were intercepted by him some months ago while going to a location to be used by the company at Odiemude community in Ahoada East local government area.
“He seized it and was demanding 20 million naira for the generators, five million naira for each generator before it can be released to the company.
“While we were on search for him, we were able to storm on the generators where he kept them. Our men tactically cordoned off the place and recovered the generators .