Slain DPO: Police exhume killer cult leader’s
body from shallow grave

Editor

The
end of the road for a notorious cult leader, Gift Okpara, a.k.a ‘2Baba’ who was
killed in a joint security operation on Monday in Embrass community, Ahaoda
West Local Government Area of Rivers State was confirmed on Friday as the
police retrieved his decomposing body from shallow grave.

The
wanted Iceland cult leader, whose corpse was displayed at the headquarters of
the Nigeria Police, Friday, was the prime suspect in the murder of a former
Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Bako Angbashim, in Odiemudie
community, Ahoada East on September 8, 2023.

Angbashim
was ambushed, killed and his body dismembered by the 2Baba-led dreaded gang
that also filmed the act before escaping with his decapitated body. This prompted
the police to be on the trail of the prime suspect and his gang members.

But
speaking in Port Harcourt on Friday, the Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu,
explained how the corpse was discovered and exhumed from a shallow grave where
his men had buried it.

A
mild drama ensued when 2Baba’s body was brought to the headquarters of the
police command along Moscow road with a white Hilux vehicle at about 11:07 am Friday,
as scores of policemen at the command, visitors, and newsmen gathered to catch
a glimpse of the killer gang leader whose body was already decomposing.

Disu
said, “On Friday, February 23, 2024, based on credible information, our
tactical operatives successfully located the shallow grave of Gift Okpara, also
known as 2Baba, a notorious Iceland cult leader in Embrass, Ahoada West, Rivers
State. We were able to recover the corpse of 2Baba, who was responsible for the
brutal murder of the former DPO of Ahaoda Division, the late SP Bako Angbashim,
who was killed on September 8, 2023, in Odumude community, Ahaoda East Local
Government Area.”