The Ebonyi State Police Command has verified the deaths of two officers in an attack in the state by alleged Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members.
SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Friday that operatives of the command were on patrol along Nwofe road on the outskirts of Abakaliki when the attack occurred, taking two lives and leaving one injured.
According to Onovwakpoyeya, the attack was carried out by “armed hoodlums suspected to be IPOB/ESN members using a tinted Highlander vehicle with registration number unknown.”
See the full statement below:
EBONYI STATE POLICE COMMAND.
AZ.:5200/EBS/PPRO/VOL.8/289.
17/11/2023.The Editors.
PRESS RELEASE.
ATTACK ON POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL.
Today 17/11/2023 at about 08:30am,
Operatives of the Command on patrol at Nwofe road at the outskirt of Abakaliki were attacked by armed hoodlums suspected to be IPOB/ESN members using a tinted Highlander vehicle with registration number unknown.Two(2) of the Operatives were fatally wounded while one (1) is currently receiving medical treatment at the hospital.
The Commissioner Of police, Ebonyi state police Command, CP Augustina Ogbodo psc on receiving the distress call immediately dispatched Tactical teams to the scene, who equally swung into action by giving the hoodlums a hot chase but the hoodlums escaped.
The Commissioner of Police also visited the scene of the incident with her management team for on the spot Assessment.
She is using this medium to call on well meaning individuals of the State to avail the Command with useful information that can lead to the arrest of the fleeing hoodlums while assuring them of round the clock visibility patrol of the nooks and crannies of the state.
E – SIGN.
SP ONOME ONOVWAKPOYEYA ANIPR.
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER.
EBONYI STATE POLICE COMMAND.
ABAKALIKI.