Crime
2Baba reportedly killed in police operation
A notorious cult leader in Rivers State, Gift Okpara, known as 2Baba, the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a former DPO, SP Bako Angbashim has reportedly been killed.
Angbashim was ambushed and captured by 2Baba’s gang in Odiemudie community, Ahoada East LGA in Rivers in September 2023.
The police and other security agencies were said to have coordinated a land and aerial raid simultaneously at the identified hideout of the Iceland cult leader and his gang in Idu-Ekpeye in Ahoada East LGA of the state on Saturday afternoon with 2Baba and some of his loyalists feared dead after the operation.
A senior police source, who spoke to newsmen, disclosed that 2Baba was h#t many times during the raid. He said: “2Baba was hit severally with bullets alongside some of his loyalists. 2Baba fell flat on the ground, but some of his boys quickly took him away. The police is still moving in to get his corpse.”
-
Crime7 days agoServing police officers arrested with firearms amid escalating Cross River communal crisis
-
Latest6 days agoHigh Court opens hearing on Goodluck Jonathan’s 2027 presidential eligibility
-
Latest5 days agoNigerian Senate reverses standing orders amendment over constitutional concerns
-
Latest2 days agoWike loyalists dominate As APC clears 33 aspirants for Rivers Assembly primaries, 65 disqualified
-
Crime14 hours agoBritish-Nigerian prisoner escapes after mistaken release from custody
-
Business7 hours agoAnger, debate trail proposed $1.25bn loan amid concerns over Nigeria’s debt surge
-
Crime7 hours agoNDLEA seizes N10.4bn Canadian ‘loud’ shipment at Lagos Port, vows crackdown on syndicates
-
Business7 hours agoNigeria’s 2026 debt servicing hits $11.6bn as Tinubu decries global financial inequity