From Magnus Eze, Enugu
It was a sorrowful day for families of two policemen serving in the Ebonyi State Command as hoodlums reportedly shot them dead.
The incident has sent panic into the spines of residents of Abakaliki, the state capital including security agents given the nature of the attack.
It was gathered that the miscreants ambushed the police patrol team on surveillance at Nwofe, a suburb of the Abakaliki metropolis in the Izzi Local Government Area, on Friday morning.
The police confirmed the incident in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, adding that another operative was injured in the attack.
“Today 17/11/2023 at about 08:30am, operatives of the Command on patrol at Nwofe Road at the outskirt of Abakaliki were attacked by armed hoodlums using a tinted Highlander vehicle with registration number unknown.
“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 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 Commissioner of Police also visited the scene of the incident with her management team for on the spot assessment.
“She is using this medium to call on well meaning individuals of the State to avail the Command with useful information that can lead to the arrest of the fleeing hoodlums while assuring them of round the clock visibility patrol of the nooks and crannies of the state,” the spokesperson stated.