How Gunmen Captured And Butchered DPO in Rivers State

By Charles Igbo

It was a tragic Friday evening, September 8, 2023, in Rivers State.

An unknown number of gunmen captured a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Bako Amgbanshin, and killed him in a most gruesome manner. They beheaded him, caught off his hand and private part from his body, inflicted deep matchet cuts on other parts of his body,  made a video of the blood cuddling scene, and posted it.

In the video which they posted, one of them  focused a torchlight on the face of DPO Agbanshin, and taunted him. “DPO, finally na you be this. Now, how far?”

The gunmen are believed to be cultist – Iceland.  The one who taunted the DPO in the video confirmed their identity. He said to the cut-off head of the DPO: “You dey challenge Iceland. Who are those men? Iceland, are they dangerous?”

The story of how the DPO was killed by the cultists is mind-boggling. Reports said that the DPO Amgbanshin and his boys went for an operation to raid a criminal hideout around the Ahoada East Area. But they were ambushed by the cultists. Speculations are that an insider must have tipped the cultists off about the planned operation. On ambush, a shoot-out between the Police, led by the DPO, and the cultists ensued.

Inexplicably, the Police were outgunned when they reportedly into an ambush by the cultists. According to reports, they ran out of bullets and ammunition, which gave the cultists an upper hand.

As the Policemen ran away, the DPO, allegedly, suffered a cramp on the legs and fell down. That was when the cultists captured him.

On capture, they took him away, and a few hours later, his slaughtered and dismembered body surfaced on the Social Media.

It is not known if DPO Amgbanshin’s body has been recovered, but Grace Iringe-Koko, Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command confirmed the tragic incident.