Cross River State Command has confirmed the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum, by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar.
Edum before his murder was the Borno State Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
Addressing journalists in Calabar, the police spokesperson, Irene Ugbe, said the ACP came to Calabar to see his family after being away for a very long time before the ugly event occurred.
The police spokesperson stated that, Edum was attacked while he was waiting for his wife to pick him up after his car broke down along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar.