Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has ordered the arrest of a police operative for allegedly killing a 23-year-old man, Onyekachi Moses, in Calabar.

The Commissioner for Information, Erasmus Ekpang, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday.

According to the family's petition to the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Zone 6, Calabar, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Moses had gone to a private residence of Governor Otu at State Housing Estate in Calabar to preach on 18 July when he was allegedly shot at his left leg by a police operative attached to the estate.

With the help of the Red Cross Society, Mr Moses was taken to the naval hospital in the state capital for treatment.

"He ...