The Anambra police command says two of its officers were
killed by gunmen in the Uga roundabout area of Aguata LGA of the state.
The gunmen who were reportedly on a kidnap mission, were
operating in the area when a team of policemen attached to a motorcade but
unaware of their presence, ran into them.
The command said the officers were trying to clear the
traffic gridlock but the armed men who sensed danger, shot two of them dead and
fled the scene after a gun duel.
Aderemi Adeoye, commissioner of police (CP) in Anambra, has directed an intensive manhunt for the assailants.
Tochukwu Ikenga, the police public relations officer (PPRO),
Anambra command, said in a statement that the gunmen wore military fatigues.
He added that police-led mobile Forward Operating Base,
which had been on intensive patrol of the entire area throughout Christmas,
promptly responded to the scenario.
He said a Lexus SUV the gang used, and AK-47 rifle belonging
to one of the slain personnel, were recovered, while an improvised explosive
device found in the vehicle was recovered and defused.
“The CP Aderemi
Adeoye had declared the weekend and Christmas holidays as special working days
for all officers and men in the command,” the statement reads.
“He commended all personnel for their tireless and
courageous effort in securing the people of Anambra State.
“The CP has urged all officers and men of Anambra State
Police Command to redouble their efforts and remain vigilant while assuring
that technology would be deployed to track down the criminals who unleashed the
attack on police personnel.”
Ikenga said the CP has urged personnel in the command not to
be demoralised by the supreme price paid by their colleagues, but to draw
inspiration from their bravery in confronting the criminal gang.
The CP condoled with the families of the deceased officers,
and Enugu state police command, and vowed that the personnel would not die in
vain.
Adeoye called for calm and encouraged the people of Anambra
not to allow the incident to create fear in their minds, but to continue with
the various activities they had slated for the yuletide season.
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