Armed men in the early hours of Sunday attacked a police division in Ebonyi, killing one mobile police officer, an official has said.

The gunmen were, however, repelled by the police officers who suceeded in killing one of the attackers, the Ebonyi police spokesperson, Loveth Odah, said in a Sunday morning statement.

“At 1200hrs of Sunday, hoodlums, numbering about 20 in a Mitsubishi L300 Bus, and some others on foot, came in through the back fence and attacked one of our divisions at Ugbuodo Divisional Headquarters in Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state,” Ms Odah said.

“The attackers entered and immediately opened fire, shooting sporadically at policemen on duty but were swiftly challenged and repelled in a gun battle that ensued. One of the attackers was killed.

“His AK47 rifle, GSM Phone and Jackknife were recovered while others escaped with bullet wounds. However, one Mobile Police Personnel paid the supreme price.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi Command, Aliyu Garba, has visited the division for an on the spot assessment of the situation.

“He has also ordered a manhunt for the fleeing hoodlums with a view to arresting them for prosecution,” she said.

The Ebonyi incident is the latest in a series of attacks on police officers and facilities in the South-east and South-south states.

PREMIUM TIMES has reported how dozens of police officers have been killed in the past two months in the two regions.

The police have blamed the attacks on an outlawed group, IPOB, which seeks an independent Biafra country from the two regions.

Many IPOB members have also been killed or arrested for their alleged roles in the attacks.

The group has, however, denied any responsibility for the attacks.

federal9:
The reason why this country is not successful is because of people like you. Have you observed the title of your post?

Why generalizing?



You better change your ways of thinking and seek help from a therapist immediately.

kettykin:
Hausa Terrorist has been striking since before independence and nothing has happened, , Fulani bandits has been terrorising the Nother and Middle belt and no shaking or alarm , Kanuri terrorists has wrecked the north east states and have converted large swathes of lands as colonies and nobody is raing eyebrow , but some unknown gun strike a police station and the whole country is shaking and shivering with cold sweats like some one having seizures .

are these folks also selective in their fears as they are selective in appointments

ablejesus26:


And what is the after effects on the people living in those places you mentioned??
So will you be happy if Igboland share in their unpleasant fate?.

kettykin:
it is Nigeria that will go down and not igbo land

ablejesus26:


Yes Igboland will not go down bcus you and your cohorts praying for violence and supporting this sprees of killings that keeps dragging the fg senseless army into our midst we be put to shame.

kettykin:


The Nigeria that is practicing a distorted federalism, lopsided federal government where all political appointments are cornered by a section of the country, a government that shoots unarmed protesters and give terrorists green carpets, a government that has turned anti corruption fight into an ethnic and sectional victimization. May that country never witness peace or progress. May wars be their lot until they are wiped out of the face of the earth, even Soviet union was not this ungodly, unglamorous and wicked. Fulani herdsmen are butchering people all over the country but it is in the east that they are arresting innocent young men and using helicopters to shoot at villagers.
This country will collapse because of insecurity and will never get help from reasonable countries

kettykin:


The Nigeria that is practicing a distorted federalism, lopsided federal government where all political appointments are cornered by a section of the country, a government that shoots unarmed protesters and give terrorists green carpets, a government that has turned anti corruption fight into an ethnic and sectional victimization. May that country never witness peace or progress. May wars be their lot until they are wiped out of the face of the earth, even Soviet union was not this ungodly, unglamorous and wicked. Fulani herdsmen are butchering people all over the country but it is in the east that they are arresting innocent young men and using helicopters to shoot at villagers.
This country will collapse because of insecurity and will never get help from reasonable countries