BREAKING: Assistant Superintendent Of Police Stabs Colleague To Death In Nigeria

In Kebbi State, an unnamed assistant superintendent of police fatally killed a fellow officer.

According to reports, the deceased, an ASP named Shuaibu Sani Malumfashi, was slain after the two got into a fight.

Prior to his passing, he served as Divisional Crime Officer 11 at the Argungu Divisional Police Station in Kebbi.

According to sources, the officer who fatally stabbed the victim is currently being held in custody.

In a similar vein, SaharaReporters reported on Monday that a police inspector named Ugwor Samuel who was assigned to the Hon. Ginger Onwusibe of the Abia State House of Assembly had been killed by gunfire.

Similarly, SaharaReporters reported on Monday that a police Inspector, Ugwor Samuel, attached to a member of the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe, had been shot dead.

SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday at Umuahia, the state capital.

Sources told SaharaReporters that the deceased Inspector was shot dead by his fellow policeman, Inspector Atule Benedict, who is attached to the same lawmaker, Onwusibe.

An aide to the lawmaker who witnessed the incident told SaharaReporters that trouble started when the deceased had a misunderstanding with his colleague over a comment on the attitude of Inspector Atule.

“Atule reacted angrily and there was an altercation which led Inspector Atule to take his gun and shoot the deceased Inspector,” the aide said.

The aide who spoke on condition of anonymity said efforts to disarm Atule by other policemen in their team failed, and that he threatened to kill “more policemen if they come close to him”.

The police later confirmed the killing of Inspector Ugwor Samuel and described the incident as unfortunate and barbaric.