Gunmen were on the rampage on Saturday in Imo State.
They attacked a patrol vehicle along old Gariki Road, Okigwe, threw dynamite on the vehicle and killed two policemen.
The incident took place in the early hours of the day when the personnel of MOPOL 18, Owerri, were ambushed while on patrol duty.
The gunmen, suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN), engaged the policemen in a gunfight.
In the process, two officers were killed while four others sustained injuries.
Confirming the incident, Imo State Police Command spokesman, Henry Okoye said, “The state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has condemned the attack and gruesome murder of personnel of Mopol 18, Owerri, by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN).
“The officers were ambushed in the early hours of today, 23/03/2024 while on patrol duties along old Gariki Road, Okigwe by the disgruntled elements who threw dynamite on the officer’s patrol vehicle and engaged them in a protracted gunfight. In the process, two officers paid the ultimate price while four others survived the attack”.
He said the police boss with Commander Mopol 18 and 64, immediately led operatives of the Command’s Special Tactical Unit to the crime scene for on-the-spot assessment and tasked the operatives to go all out in synergy with other security agencies and hunt down the hoodlums responsible for the attack.
