JUST IN: Police recover corpse of Prime Suspect in murder of DPO (VIDEO)

Operatives of the Tactical Units of the Rivers State Police Command have recovered the decomposing remains of Gift David Okpara, popularly known as 2Baba, the prime suspect in the murder of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Police Division in Ahoada-East local government area of the State, SP Bako Angbashim.

The corpse of 2Baba was discovered in a shallow grave at Ebrass community of Ahoada-West local government area of the state on Friday.

Recall that the prime suspect and some of his gang members had escaped with multiple bullet wounds when joint security operatives raided his camp at Idu-Ekpeye community in Ahoada-East LGA few days ago but died about four hours later after losing consciousness.

Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday, the Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, thanked Governor Siminalayi Fubara for his unwavering support to the Police in its efforts to track down the prime suspect in the murder of the senior Police officer in September, 2023.