Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, has ordered mass deployment of policemen to Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state.
Eboka gave the order in a statement signed by the Spokesman for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-koko in Port Harcourt.
The statement noted that the order is geared towards fishing out criminal elements that ambushed and killed a police officer.
It added that its personnel had been directed to identify and clamp down on perpetrators of violent crimes against the people of Oyigbo.