BY NATIONAL PANEL REPORTERS
Police have repelled attack on Unwanwa Divisional Headquarters in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and in the process gunned down one of the attackers.
DSP Loveth Obianuju Odah, the
Police Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi State Command made this known in a press release in Abakaliki, the state capital.
Odah said that the command also recovered two AK-47 rifles and other incriminating items.
According to her: "At 0300 hours of today, 24th October 2021 yet to be identified gunmen suspected to be members of proscribed IPOB/ESN numbering about thirty-five (35) attacked Unwana Divisional Headquarters in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, shooting sporadically at the policemen on duty, who immediately repelled the attackers, in the gun battle that ensued one (1) of the hoodlums was killed, two AK47 rifles and other incriminating items were recovered while others escaped with bullet wound injuries.
"Regrettably, one Police Inspector attached to the Division was fatally wounded. The Police Facility/Operational vehicles are intact."
Odah also stated that the Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State Command, CP Aliyu Garb has embarked on the spot assessment of the Division and also ordered a manhunt on the fleeing hoodlums.
She added: "The CP appeals to law-abiding citizens of the state to promptly volunteer useful information that will assist the Command in the investigation."
