Two Dead As Ebonyi Police Repel Gunmen Attack

The Police Command  in Ebonyi on Sunday repelled an attack on one of its divisions, killing one of the attackers and recovering an AK47 rifle from the invading gunmen.

DSP Loveth Odah, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement  on Sunday in Abakaliki.

“At 1200hrs of Sunday, hoodlums, numbering about 20 in a Mitsubishi L300 Bus, and some others on foot, came in through the back fence and attacked one of our divisions at Ugbuodo Divisional Police Headquarters in Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state.

“The attackers entered and immediately opened fire, shooting sporadically at policemen on duty but were swiftly challenged and repelled in a gun battle that ensued. One of the attackers was killed.

“His AK47 rifle, GSM Phone and Jackknife were recovered while others escaped with bullet wounds. However, one Mobile Police personnel paid the supreme price.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi  Command, Mr Aliyu Garba, has visited the division for an on the spot assessment of the situation.

“He has also ordered a manhunt for the fleeing hoodlums with a view to arresting them for prosecution,” the PPRO said.

The attack on the police division in Ebonyi follows a wave of attacks on police formations in the Southeast with the invaders often razing police stations and killing officers who interfered in their business.

Meanwhile, in another development, Nigerians lamenting the death on Friday of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru have taken to social media to flay the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari at the funeral ceremony on Saturday.

Anger at the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari at the military funeral of four serving generals including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and others on Saturday has swelled up among Nigerians from across the religious and ethnic divide.

Even traditional support base of the president especially in the north who had been supportive of the president in the past were either mum at his absence or poked at his action.

President Buhari’s action was being compared to his contemporaries who it was claimed would attend the funeral of even lesser dignitaries as a show of national empathy.

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