Again,  gunmen raze Police Station,  kill 2  in Enugu

 

.As cleric’s wife, 2 children, 2 sisters die mysteriously By Cosmas Chukwu

Unknown gunmen have attacked Inyi Police station in Oji River Local Government Area, Enugu state, killing two policemen and about 2 civilians.

The gunmen who stormed the station Sunday morning also set the police station on fire.

Eye witness account said the unknown gunmen were chanting “No election and Police in Biafra land.”

 

One of the two people killed was said to be a police officer on duty when the hoodlums attacked the station.

 

A viral video of the intent seen  on Sunday afternoon shows a building being used as a police station on fire and the bodies of two young men lying by the perimeter fence of the station.

 

Voices on the background of the video identified one of the bodies as that of a policeman while it is not clear whether the second person was a policeman or not.

 

Some voices identified the two victims as policemen, but another person said he could only identify one of them as a policeman attached to the station.

A resident of Arum Inyi where the police station is located confirmed the attack.

 

The source who noted that he left the community on Saturday for Enugu, said, “I got information from my community a few hours ago that unknown gunmen attacked the police station in my town, and that they killed one police officer. Right now I don’t have further details.”

 

Meanwhile, a security alert being circulated on social media platforms in the Enugu State capital warned residents of Inyi, Achi, Ufuma, Umunze, Ajari and Arondiizogu to be careful and security conscious in their areas because of the resurgence of gunmen activities.

 

The alert read, “Warning! Achi, Inyi, Ojiriver, Ufuma, Umunze, Ajari, Arondiizogu those axis are facing security challenges, Ngwo Iri sons & daughters, lets always be security cautious and avoid night movement, above all always commits our going out & coming in into the blood of Almighty Jesus Christ the savior.”

 

Efforts to get the reaction of the state police command on the incident were not successful.

 

In another development, unknown persons had killed an APC chieftain, Hon Lucky Okechukwu in his community over the weekend.

Similarly Wife of a cleric identified as Adolphus Odo was discovered dead with her two children and two sisters at Amutenyi, in Obollo-Afor, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State yesterday.

The five victims died in their sleep after they went to bed Friday night.

 

 

It was further gathered that one of the victims had an early morning appointment with a friend who went to their house to call her.

 

It was equally gathered that the friend called severally but nobody responded to her calls, making her raise the alarm.

 

 

It was equally gathered that neighbours who were alerted by the alarm forced the door open only to discover the five of them dead.

 

Confirming the incident, the Chairman of the local government area, Solomon Onah, said the news had thrown the council area into the morning.

“We saw their dead bodies early this Saturday morning. We are yet to identify the cause of the deaths but one of the victims had been taken to Enugu Metropolis for autopsy,”Onah said.

 

“When we went to their house, we saw a locally-made charcoal stove in the room where they died, though, there was no fire on it. We cannot suspect generator fume because they did not use the generator last night. We are yet to identify the cause of the incident until we get the result of the autopsy.”

The cleric, Odo, was too shocked to comment at press time.

Meanwhile the Enugu state Police Command has ordered a police investigation into the strange deaths.