Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of its Commanding Officer in charge of Police Mobile Force (MOPOL), Superintendent of Police Chris L Eza, by a police corporal in Bauchi ‎town.

According to Bauchi State police Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the development to LEADERSHIP, the MOPOL commander was shot dead ‎while he was on routine inspection of officers on stop and check duty on Thursday night.

‎”The incident happened on the 26/2/2015 at about 23:20hrs, when the Commanding officer Mopol 10 PMF Bauchi, SP Chris L Eza was shot by a Police Corporal while on routine Visit at the Stop and search point along Ahmadu Bello way, Bauchi”, the PPRO recounted.

“The killed senior officer was rushed to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital *(ATBUTH) Bauchi where he was certified dead by a Medical Doctor and Corpse has been deposited at the Motuary for postmortem examination”.

LEADERSHIP was informed that the Bauchi state commissioner of police, Mohammed K Mohammed and his management team today visited the ‎scene of the shooting from where he ordered for full investigation of the matter.

Meanwhile, the PPRO said the police suspect was arrested and detained while investigation into the matter.

No one has ascertained as to why the police corporal chose to fire the shot at his superior officer.

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