Gunmen assault Ebonyi police station, kill 3 officials, thieve rifles
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| The attackers reportedly carted away AK forty seven rifles from the police station |
Gunmen on Friday night time attacked a police station in Ebonyi State, killing 3 police officials.
Two others sustained bullet wounds withinside the assault on Onueke Police Station in Ezza South Local Government Area of the country.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the the slain officials covered male inspectors and a policewoman.
The attackers reportedly carted away AK forty seven rifles from the police station.
The police spokesperson withinside the kingdom, Loveth Odah, showed the incident.
She stated the corpses of the slain officials were deposited in a mortuary whilst the 2 who sustained bullet wounds have been receiving treatment.
Ms Odah entreated the overall public to offer the police with statistics that would cause the arrest of the attackers.
“Yes, 3 policemen had been killed withinside the assault. We don’t realize the identification of the attackers yet; and we're calling on the overall public to offer statistics to the police so that you can seek out the perpetrators of this heinous crime,” Ms Odah stated.
The country police commissioner, Philip Maku, reportedly visited the Onueke Police Station Saturday morning to envision the extent of havoc carried out via way of means of the hoodlums.
He turned into pronounced to have vowed to fish out the perpetrators.
In his reaction, the Commissioner for Internal Security withinside the nation, Stanley Okoroemegha, stated the authorities became saddened with the aid of using the incident.
Mr Okoroemegha gave protection groups forty eight hours to short the authorities on how this kind of breach should have happened with none intelligence to prevent it.