Tuesday, June 11, 2024 -Gunmen have killed two police officers at a security checkpoint in Akabo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State.
It was gathered that the
gunmen attacked the officers in the early hours of Tuesday, June 11, 2024
during a stop-and-search.
Eyewitness reports said the
gunmen also shot dead a passer-by at a checkpoint in Ama-John junction,
Akabo.
“There was panic this morning some
minutes after 6:am within Akabo (Ama-John) axis along Owerri-Okigwe-Enugu road
as a group of gunmen killed two Policemen on duty and a passerby. The armed men
drove on the Sienna bus, and they zoomed off after shooting the police
officers,” an eyewitness narrated.
The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP
Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident.
“The Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP
Aboki Danjuma, has deployed the Command’s Special Tactical Squad and equipped
them with the available operational resources and intelligence to go all out in
synergy with other security agencies and clamp down on the hoodlums responsible
for the unprovoked and unwarranted attack and killing of Police Mobile
operatives conducting stop-and-search at Akabo in Ikeduru Local Government Area
of Imo State," he said.
"The tragic incident was
perpetrated In the early hours of Tuesday by hoodlums suspected to be members
of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate
Eastern Security Network (ESN) who attacked the operatives in their numbers
firing sporadically. The operatives fought gallantly but unfortunately, two
personnel and a civilian were fatally hit
"In the wake of the tragic
incident, the Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma
alongside the DC Operations led Police Operatives to the scene of the crime for
on-the-spot assessment of the incident. Intense operation is ongoing in the
area for possible apprehension and prosecution of the fleeing hoodlums
responsible for the senseless act of violence
"The Commissioner of Police has
set up a high-powered investigation team and tasked them to carry out a
comprehensive investigation to unravel the perpetrators of the attack
“The lifeless bodies of the affected
officers and a civilian have been recovered and deposited in a mortuary for
preservation.”
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