Yenagoa, Nigeria: The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six suspected cultists linked to the killing of Police Constable Oboh Goodluck in the Amarata community’s OMPADEC area on August 19.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Francis Idu, made this known at the funeral rites for the deceased on Friday in Yenagoa.
Goodluck was killed in the OMPADEC area of the Amarata community on his way to work by a cult group on August 19.
Idu said other key suspects identified to have been involved in the murder would soon be apprehended.
He warned attackers of police personnel to desist from it to avoid the wrath of the law.
Idu assured the family of the deceased that his attackers would face justice.
He also assured the rank and file that the top echelon of the Nigerian Police Force would always defend them.
The CP announced that a formal request would be sent to Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa to make the site, where Goodluck was killed, a monument site to be remembered.
The representative of the Ayadei/Oboh family, Comrade Kwokwo Robert, while appreciating the assistance of the Nigerian Police authorities in the final burial rites, called for justice for the late policeman.
