GUNMEN KILL TWO COPS, POLICE HUNT SUSPECTS
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By Sefiu Ajape
The Anambra State Police Command has begun a manhunt for unidentified attackers who are allegedly from a neighboring state and are suspected of killing two police officers.
According to reports, the event occurred late on Thursday at the Uga Roundabout in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.
An eyewitness said, “It was a rain of bullets at Uga Roundabout, Aguata LGA, on Thursday, December 28, as some hoodlums came in their numbers from the Umuchu-Umunze Road, all carrying AK-47, kidnapping people at random.
“They were not in a hurry to go as they remained for long unchallenged. When they sighted a group of policemen coming up from the Ezinifite axis, they opened fire and gunned down two of them.
In a press release on Friday, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesman for the Anambra State police, verified the event.
Ikenga claimed that some police officers in a convoy were shot at by the thugs, who were dressed in military fatigue and appeared to be on a kidnapping expedition.
He said, “Anambra State Police Command has launched an intensive manhunt for armed insurgents who infiltrated from a neighboring state and killed two police personnel on December 28, 2023, at about 6.30 p.m.
“The gang, which was disguised in military fatigue and seemed to be on a kidnapping mission, was jolted on seeing two armed police officers approaching their direction.
“They opened fire on the officers who had moved ahead of the convoy they were escorting to decongest traffic gridlock. Other personnel returned fire, careful not to hit many motorists who were in traffic, forcing the bandits to flee.”
The police-led mobile Forward Operation Base, which had been policing the area over the Christmas season, moved to the scene, he continued.
He added that an improvised explosive device that was discovered in the Lexus SUV that the group was using was defused by the police.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who had declared the weekend and Christmas holidays as special working days for all officers and men in the command, commended all personnel for their tireless and courageous effort in securing the people of Anambra State.
“He urged them not to be demoralized by the supreme price paid by their colleagues from Enugu State Command but to draw inspiration from their bravery in confronting the criminal gang.
“He condoled with the families of the deceased officers and Enugu State Police Command and vowed that the personnel would not die in vain,” the statement added.
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