A mobile police officer was shot to death by a member of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC)during a shoot-out with armed robbers in Yenagoa.
According to report, the police had received a distress call on Monday night that armed robbers had attacked a popular petrol station at Edepie Roundabout in the state capital.
On getting the robbers sighted their van and opened fire so there was a shoot-out and in the process, the NSCDC personnel mistakenly shot his patrol team member.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mr Alex Akhigbe, who confirmed the incident, described the death of the policeman as an unfortunate mishap.
The NSCDC personnel and the deceased mobile policeman were both attached to the State Security outfit, known as ‘Operation Door Akpor.’
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