The statement stressed that officers had been strategically positioned based on threat assessments and operational requirements.
Mr Ajibogun urged officers at the FCT command to cooperate with his successor.
The police spokesperson said, “In the process of work, the boy stepped on life wire carelessly connected from an electric pole and he died on the spot.’’
“The exchange of gunfire forced the bandits to retreat into the nearby bush.”
Following the mishap, passers-by reportedly attempted to rescue the victims from the Onitsha banks.
