Assistant Commissioner of Police hacked to death in Calabar

An Assistant Commissioner of Police identified as Egbe Eko Edum has been hacked to death in Calabar, Cross River State.

According to reports, the deceased was on his way home when he was hacked to death with an axe by his assailants along Murtala Muhammed highway in Calabar on Wednesday, December 2. 


Confirming the incident, Cross River State police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Irene Ugbo said that the late officer, who is serving in another state, came into Calabar to see his family but arrived in the wee hours.


“He dropped off from a public transport and had called his wife to pick him up before he was attacked by the unknown men. 


We are investigating the incident and the family has recovered the body from the scene of the tragic incident,” she said.