Just In: Several Police Officers Murdered By Unknown Gunmen In Imo State

Some unknown gunmen have reportedly assassinated three Enugu State command police officers at Agbani, the headquarters of the state’s Nkanu West Local Government.

According to the report, the incident happened early on Saturday morning at a junction close to the Agbani Divisional Police station.

When the gunmen spotted the police officers, who were on stop-and-search duty, they opened fire right away, killing three security personnel.

Less than 24 hours before the attack, gunmen had also killed the chairman of the Oji-River Local Government, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, who was also a former state commissioner, and his elder brother in their Nkpokolo-Achi hometown.

According to the State police command, a joint of the Police and Army were able to intercept and neutralize the two culprits after receiving a distress call about the incident.

This was revealed by the state police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe.

He stated that the squad found an AK-47 weapon with two magazines full of ammunition, while also recovering a Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep, a Toyota Camry automobile, and a RAV4 Jeep belonging to the deceased victim.

He said in a statement: “Pending the receipt of a detailed report, kindly be informed that preliminary report reveals that two (2) of the assailants, said to have infiltrated into Oji-River from neighbouring Anambra State community, in the evening hours of 18/11/2022, that attacked and murdered one Gabriel Onuzulike (identified as former Chairman of Oji-River LGA and Commissioner in Enugu State Government) and his brother at Nkpokolo-Achi in Oji-River LGA, were neutralized by a Joint Police/Army Team, who swiftly responded to a distress call on the incident and intercepted the hoodlums at Inyi community of the same LGA, as they were escaping into Anambra State.”

According to him, the hunt for the attackers is still going on even though many of them fled into a nearby forest.