Indications have emerged that the death of Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Egbe Eko Edum, who was killed in Calabar early this week was an assassination, even though the Police is said to conclude their investigations.
The deceased was until his assassination, the Commanding Officer of the 73 Squadron of the Police Mobile Force, Magumeri, Borno State. He was said to be on a visit to his family in his home state, Cross River when he was attacked and killed.
Edum landed the Calabar Airport from Abuja Airport and was at the car park on Murtala Mohammed Way, waiting for his wife to pick him up when the hoodlums attacked and killed him on the spot. Cross River state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident said, the deceased who came to the state to see his family was killed with an axe by his assailants.
She said Cross River State Police Command had instituted an extensive investigation into the assassination.