Saturday, March 23, 2024 - The Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that some gunmen killed two of its officers along old Gariki Road, Okigwe Council Area of the State.
The affected police personnel were
attached to Mopol 18, Owerri.
A statement on Saturday by the Command's
spokesperson, Henry Okoye, said the hoodlums are alleged to be members of the
Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed affiliate of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB).
Okoye disclosed that the gunmen threw
dynamites at the officers while on security patrol, killing two officers.
While he said that four other policemen
survived the attack, Okoye said the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki
Danjuma, condemned the attack and gruesome murder.
“The officers were ambushed in the early
hours of today, 23/03/2024 while on patrol duties along old Gariki Road Okigwe
by the disgruntled elements who threw dynamite on the officer’s patrol vehicle
and engaged them in a protracted gunfight. In the process, two officers paid
the ultimate price while four others survived the attack.
“On receipt of the ugly incident, the
Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma alongside Commander
Mopol 18 and 64, immediately led operatives of the Command’s Special Tactical
Unit to the crime scene for on-the-spot assessment and tasked the operatives to
go all out in synergy with other security agencies and hunt down the hoodlums
responsible for the attack.
“More so, CP Aboki Danjuma has mandated the
Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge Okigwe, the DPO, and other Tactical
units deployed in Okigwe to embark on visibility patrol, intelligence-led raids
of criminal hideouts, and place watertight security to forestall any future
occurrence,” Okoye said.
He said that the CP, has appealed to the
general public, especially the residents of Okigwe who may have any useful
information to assist the command in the investigation by reporting at the
nearest police station or via 08034773600, 08103341610.
He assured the residents that police will
continue to protect them and advised them to go about their lawful business
without any form of fear or intimidation and not panic at the sight of the
massive deployment of security operatives in Okigwe.
He urged them to support the Police and
other security agencies in the onslaught against violent crimes in the State.
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