A police officer was killed on Sunday during an attack by
gunmen on Ini divisional police station in Odoro Ikpe, Akwa Ibom state.
The gunmen were said to have attacked the police station in
the early hours of Sunday.
According to NAN, they arrived on motorcycles and opened
fire on the officers, killing one of those present.
Odiko Macdon, spokesman of the Akwa Ibom police command who
confirmed the incident, said the security agency arrested one of the gunmen.
Macdon said the officer killed was confirmed dead at the
hospital where he was taken to after being shot.
“Police operatives arrested one of the hoodlums, Imo John
Udo, 28, from Ikot Edem village in Essien Udim LGA of the state,” he told NAN.
“Their operational vehicle, a Venza, they used was recovered
and three motorcycles.
“Men of the Operation
Restore Peace are still combing the bush as the hoodlums possibly escaped with
bullet wounds sustained in a gun duel during the attack.”
He also said Andrew Amiengheme, the state commissioner of
police, has ordered an investigation into the incident, adding: “In no distant
time, more of the perpetrators will be arrested.”
Sunday’s incident is the latest in a series of attacks on
police stations in southern parts of the country.
Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), had
launched the ‘Operation Restore Peace’ as part of efforts to end the violence.
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