Edgerton street in Calabar South local government area of Cross River State was in turmoil yesterday over the murder of a police sergeant, Peter Ikwen, by gunmen.
Residents fearing reprisal by his colleagues were unsettled in their homes.
Cross River State police spokesperson SP Irene Ugbo who confirmed the incident stated that Sgt. Peter Ikwen was shot dead by gunmen.
“I have just gathered that a police sergeant was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the early hours of today and his rifle was taken away by the assailants,” Ugbo said.
The police command promised to get to the root of the matter, warning that it would never fold its arms and watch its personnel killed in a very barbaric manner.
One of the youth leaders in the area, Sunday Edem, described the incident as very unfortunate, stressing that it’s bad for anybody to kill a uniformed man and think that he or she can get away with the crime.
At the time of filing this report nobody had been arrested.
