The US says it will ensure that the perpetrators of the
attack on its convoy are brought to justice.
On Tuesday, gunmen attacked a convoy conveying staff of the
US consulate, officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), and some civilians.
Ikenga Tochukwu, Anambra police spokesperson, said two police
operatives were killed alongside two staff of the consulate.
The bodies of the victims were set ablaze by the gunmen, he added.
The White House had said the state department was looking
into the issue.
In a statement on Wednesday, Antony Blinken, US secretary of
state, said the convoy was conveying the staff to a US-funded flood project in
Anambra.
He said some members of the convoy “are unaccounted for”,
adding that the US would collaborate with Nigerian security agencies to ensure that
the attackers are brought to book.
“Unknown assailants
yesterday attacked a convoy of two US. government vehicles in the Ogbaru Local
Government Area of Anambra state, Nigeria. The convoy was carrying nine
Nigerian nationals: five employees of the U.S. Mission to Nigeria and four
members of the Nigeria Police Force. They were travelling in advance of a
planned visit by U.S. Mission personnel to a U.S.-funded flood response project
in Anambra,” the statement reads.
“We do not yet know the motive for the attack, but we have
no indications at this time that it was targeted against our Mission. The
assailants killed at least four members of the convoy, and U.S. Mission
personnel are working urgently with Nigerian counterparts to ascertain the
location and condition of the members of the convoy who are unaccounted for.
“We condemn in the strongest terms this attack. We will work
closely with our Nigerian law enforcement colleagues in seeking to bring those
responsible to justice.”
Blinken said the US will do “everything possible to safely
recover those who remain missing”.
The US will continue to assist Nigeria in the fight against violence and insecurity, he added.
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