Two Police Officers wounded, One hospitalized as armed hoodlums attack Patrol vehicle in Ebonyi

CLEMENT NNACHI,ABAKALIKI

Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the attack of Police Officers on Patrol resulting to Two Officers fatally wounded by hoodlums.

This was contained in a Press Release issued on Friday by the  State Police Public Relations Officer SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, with reference Number AZ :5200/EBS/PPRO/Vol 8/289.17/11/2023.

The Statement captioned “Attack on Police Officers on Patrol stated inter-alia, “today at about 08:30 am, Operatives of the Command on patrol at Nwofe road at the outskirts of Abakaliki, were attacked by armed hoodlums suspected to be IPOB/ESN members, using a tinted Highlander vehicle with registration number unknown.

According to the Statement, “Two (2) of the Operatives were fatally wounded while one (1) is currently receiving medical treatment at the hospital”

“The Commissioner Of police, Ebonyi state Police Command, CP Augustina Ogbodo (psc), on receiving the distress call immediately dispatched Tactical teams to the scene, who equally swung into action by giving the hoodlums a hot chase but the hoodlums escaped.

The Statement opined, “The Commissioner of Police also visited the scene of the incident with her management team for on the spot assessment”

The Statement added that the Commissioner of Police has called on well meaning individuals of the State, to avail the Command with useful information that can lead to the arrest of the fleeing hoodlums .

The Statement assured the general public of round the  clock visibility patrol of the nooks and crannies of the State.

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