According to a statement issued by the commander of 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Kasimu Abdulkarim, the attackers ambushed the DSP alongside his orderly and eight others.

The officers were on duty during the Rivers  rerun election when they were attacked.

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Mohammed's orderly was also killed while three officers escaped and five declared missing.