Wife of late Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Inoma-Abbey, Dr. Rita Akpenyi Inoma-Abbey who is a lawyer and also Senior Police Officer has formally announced the demise of her husband.
She wrote: “This is to officially announce the death of my dear husband ACP Oliver Ibidough Inoma-Abbey. May God alone be praised. He giveth and He taketh. Indeed, God is perfect in all things. Adieu my dear friend, soulmate and husband. Amen!”
As the Commander in charge of Oraifite in the Anambra State Police Command, the late ACP, had reportedly led a team of policemen to respond to a distress call to forestall a kidnap incident in the area before he was allegedly seized and set ablaze by rampaging IPOB youths.
According to a statement by the Police, armed IPOB members attacked Inoma-Abbey with his men, burnt their vehicle and set them ablaze leading to the death of the Assistant commissioner of Police and one of his men, while two others sustained different degrees of burns and were rushed to the hospital where they are still receiving treatment.
The late Oliver Inoma-Abbey was to be installed Chief and Head of the Abbey-Hart Chieftaincy House of Bonny Kingdom ancient kingdom in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, before he was killed.