Corporal shoots MOPOL commander to death in Bauchi

A Police Corporal on Thursday shot and killed the Commanding Officer, Mobile Police Force, Bauchi, SP Chris Eza.The Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, said this in a statement made available to the PUNCH in Bauchi on Friday.He said, “On the 26/2/2015 (Thursday) at about 11.20pm, 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.“Victim was rushed to ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor and corpse deposited at the mortuary for postmortem examination.”Mohammed said the scene of the crime was immediately visited by the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Mohammed, and his management team.He said the suspect had been arrested while the police commissioner had ordered a full scale investigation into the incident.The PPRO confirmed on the telephone on Friday that the suspect had been arrested.“I told you that the matter is under investigation and it is after we have concluded that we would know the details of exactly what happened,” he said.