OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNMENT ON THE UNPROVOKED KILLINGS OF UNITED STATES (US) EMBASSY STAFF, OTHERS IN ANAMBRA STATE

On behalf of the government and great people of Anambra State, the Governor, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR, expresses deep condolences to the bereaved families and organisations, particularly the US Embassy, over the death of their staff and policemen who were attacked by gunmen along Atani-Osamala Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area on Tuesday, 16th May 2023 while they were on a mission in Anambra State.

We strongly condemn the heinous and unprovoked attack. Over the last one year, we have worked very hard with our gallant security forces to massively degrade criminality and restore law and order. We can proudly assert that Anambra is currently one of the safest states in Nigeria.

Only two weeks ago, the dreaded and notorious criminal gang leader operating mostly in a neighboring state was gunned down with four of his team members when they made incursion into Anambra and recovered huge deadly weapons. The criminals are largely on the run or feeling the heat of our zero tolerance to criminality.

This incident in a remote riverine community in Ogbaru local government is a reminder that patches of these criminal gangs can still unleash senseless and murderous acts.

Whatever the identity or motive of the attackers, Anambra State government will actively work with the security agencies to smoke out the criminals and bring them to justice.

We call on anyone with information on the identity or whereabouts of the criminals to offer same on our secured security phone numbers or to any of the security agencies and such informant will be handsomely rewarded. Investigations are underway.

We assure our residents and visitors of our continued commitment to law and order. If anything, this incident has emboldened our drive.

As the investigation continues, it is important to highlight an important preliminary takeaway from the facts so far. It is evident from reports by the various security agencies in the state that the visiting team made their own security arrangements and totally bypassed the existing security architecture in the state and the state government was not aware of the “humanitarian mission” of the visiting team.

In a place like parts of Ogbaru where security forces have been fighting the criminals and oil bunkerers, the sight of few policemen can indeed attract vengeance from the criminal gangs. Correcting such lapses and ensuring better coordination will help prevent such avoidable incidents in the future.

The Government of Anambra State once again, expresses its deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims. We reassure the United States Embassy in Nigeria of our unwavering commitment to the safety and security of its officials in our State.

Together, we will prevail over those who seek to disrupt the peace and stability of our society.

Signed:
Christian Aburime
Press Secretary to the Governor of Anambra State
May 17, 2023

gidgiddy:
Its a very unfortunate incident and I hope the perpetrators are caught and brought to book

DatIgalaDude:
The news wey US don come deny say them no kee their pipo.
Una come the release official statement.
Person say him no eat monkey meat, you tell am say make him carry toothpick remove monkey meat from him teeth.

MatrixReloaded:
I know obviously that U.S mission can never send their citizen to any conflict rage region. It's not for the government to release statement alone but to settle the family members and fish out the perpetrators.

post=123205302:

There is nothing like conflict region, Anambra State is safe, many US citizens has been attacked in Lagos by hoodlums on traffic, Chinese engineers were kidnapped in Ondo and their security personnel killed, no place is safe in Nigeria, Anambra isn't on the list blacklisted by US

post=123205302:

There is nothing like conflict region, Anambra State is safe, many US citizens has been attacked in Lagos by hoodlums on traffic, Chinese engineers were kidnapped in Ondo and their security personnel killed, no place is safe in Nigeria, Anambra isn't on the list blacklisted by US

DatIgalaDude:
The news wey US don come deny say them no kee their pipo.
Una come the release official statement.
Person say him no eat monkey meat, you tell am say make him carry toothpick remove monkey meat from him teeth.

Noerection:
if they are caught you will still declare them innocent people

inoki247:



And how many times av the US Govt release any statement about Attack on derr staffs in Lagos since you need justification for the terrorism in ur region....


To you guy's everything is competition...


We tot Anambra is Dubai so why trying to compare the calamity in Anambra with Lagos own nd not Dubai....

DatIgalaDude:
The news wey US don come deny say them no kee their pipo.
Una come the release official statement.
Person say him no eat monkey meat, you tell am say make him carry toothpick remove monkey meat from him teeth.

okeysoninv:
The best way to end ipob madness is to place bounty on them . You will see all this nonsense will stop. I was expecting soludo to place bounty on the embassy killers but usual he is talking nonsense. When we are ready to end the ipob madness please wake me come. For now I'm sleeping.

post=123204924:
it is important to highlight an important preliminary takeaway from the facts so far. It is evident from reports by the various security agencies in the state that the visiting team made their own security arrangements and totally bypassed the existing security architecture in the state and the state government was not aware of the “humanitarian mission” of the visiting team.

In a place like parts of Ogbaru where security forces have been fighting the criminals and oil bunkerers, the sight of few policemen can indeed attract vengeance from the criminal gangs. Correcting such lapses and ensuring better coordination will help prevent such avoidable incidents in the future.

Ogbaru has over 23 illegal crud oil bunkery, Nigeria navy office is located there and military posts are all over there still organized criminal gangs still unleashed terror

post=123205528:

US has once issued advisory to there citizens in Lagos over robbery attacks on traffic in Lagos

Similar Anambra case has happened in Yoruba land but ones is Anambra you bitter f**ls will take it to another level, no place is safe in under APC government.

Zionmdde:
This is sad. See how insecurity is staining the SE. Now it has gone international. It started from sit at home, it grew to ESN, then they became Unknown angels. This is a self inflicted insecurity
Those days if you go to the streets you will find people praising the activities of these criminals calling them unknown Angels and the rest. They will kill and kidnap, we will blame it on fulani herdsmen or we say soldiers did it.

Now see what SE has turned into. If u talk they will start asking u what of bandits, boko haram etc. This is what my brothers are drawing comparison to

Shame on all of us. Shame on kanu, he spearheaded this criminality through his style of freedom fighting. Radio Biafra was a breeding ground to this rubbish. Shame on every single person calling himself ipob, is that how we are going to attract investors to our states. We are abused all over the country that we can't comfortably go home in December. I visited parts of anambra recently and I was shown beautiful mansions that the owners no longer come back to.

Until we Igbos rise up and say no more, point out the criminals in our midst, give them the Tyre and fuel treatment that brought criminality in aba and onitsha to standstill in those days, then we will continue losing the SE to these criminals.

gidgiddy:


Its kind of funny when you read this sort of nonsense from the "operation blame all crimes in the South East on IPOB with no proof" of the the Lagos/Ibadan expressway media and their Northern cohorts. They seem to think we are all fools

These were the same people who encouraged the security forces to shoot unarmed peaceful IPOB protesters

These were the same people who turn a blind eye or rejoice when the security forces clamp down, torture and dehumanise peaceful Biafran protesters

These are the same people who do not care about the myriad of injustice government has done in the South East, but they want the world to think they now care about peace in the South East? How do you get peace on top.of a mountain of injustice?

They talk about Kanu but none of them cared when government sent Soldiers to the mans house to try and kill him unlawfully

Despite herdsmen slaughtering them in Ogun, Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti, they only remember there is insecurity in Nigeria only if it happens in the South East, so that they can say IPOB did it.

These are people who will hear that armed bandits slaughtered 200 people in Zamfara and say nothing, because the opportunity to falsely blame IPOB is not there.

These people dont care about South East or Igbos, they dont even care about insecurity

All they care about is attacking IPOB, the organisation that dared to challenge their useless empire of "one Nigeria"

inoki247:




Show me the Link of the Lagos Travel Advisory Ibadan Express way is Ogun state ...


Or you just want justification for terrorist in ur region...

Saga16:


Since 2013 abi?

Zionmdde:

Oga the insecurity in east now is perpetrated by igbos. Whether they are ipob or not, the origin is the ESN rubbish, they started with attacking security personnel, the people hailed them, then they entered kidnapping and Killing politicians. Now they are on free killing spree.
So it's northerners that are camping in ur villages and killing and kidnapping people. Not even a dummy will believe that rubbish.

Kanu spread so much hatred and violence. I started listening to radio Biafra from 2015. I don't know wen u started.

I can't blame buhari, he has shown hatred for the region, so why should we expect someone who doesn't like us to help us put our house in order. Same house our brothers are scattering?

post=123206029:

Still exist till tomorrow

Saga16:


Prove it.

You can't be making posts from 10 years ago as validation for something happening today if there's no clear and recent connection.

gidgiddy:



Do you have any evidence, beyond baseless accusations, that ESN killed anybody?

post=123205952:

I detest non state actors, but making it look like your region is only safe is totally rubbish, no place is safe in Nigeria, even your region isn't safe, we saw what the poll of hoodlums you guys unleashed to Nigerians living in Lagos during election and you claimed your region is safe you're only deceiving yourself