1st May, 2024
….Female Inspector Christina Erekere clubbed to death for videoing suspects.
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The widow of Inspector Sunday Baba, an officer with Rivers State Police Command who was recently killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants has cried out for justice and assistance to cater for the two toddlers her late husband left behind.
Mrs Sunday Baba, made the requests in tears when members of Police Community Relations Committee(PCRC) in Rivers State led by its Chairman, Mr. Voke Emore, on Tuesday visited the family in Elele, Ikwerre local government area.
She said the untimely death of her husband, who was killed in an unclear circumstance at Rumulomeni in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area last week Wednesday has left her traumatized and in a dilemma how to train the two female toddlers he left behind.
In tears she said, “I need justice. He’s not supposed to die like that. Sunday is a very kind man, a lovely man. He cares for his children. Each time he comes back from work, anywhere he was going, he takes his children along.
“I have a long way to go. I don’t have any helper. Sunday is the only son of his family”.
In an interview with Journalists, the Rivers State Chairman of PCRC, Voke Emore enjoined members of the public to stop attacks on Policemen who take great risks to save lives and property in the society.
“We came here to condole with the family. It is quite unfortunate that some people that laid down their lives to protect and serve the country and protect citizens and their property, will come out, at the end of the day, their families will lose them to very sad incident.
“We want to show them that we appreciate their service, that the efforts their sons, daughters are putting in policing, especially in Rivers State.
“I got the call from the National Chairman of PCRC, Alhaji Ibrahim Mogaji Olaniyan, he said my state Chairman go and visit this family, we want to support them, we want to honour them, we want to make sure the country know we appreciate them.
“So we came here on behalf of PCRC National and Rivers State to condole with this family. We also want to appeal to everybody that can reach out to this family. As you heard the wife said earlier, this man has left two daughters- one in nursery and one in primary. These are very young people. We cannot do it by ourselves alone.
Recall that the killing of Inspector Sunday Baba soon followed the mob attack on a female Inspector Christina Erekere in front of Taabaa Police Station under Bori Division in Khana local government area, on Thursday April 25 at about 4pm.
She was clubbed to death by her assailants for video recording their traffic misdemeanor.
In her case, 16 suspects have been arrested as contained in a press statement issued by SP Grace Iringe-Koko, Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command on Monday.