Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen In Enugu

Unknown gunmen have shot dead three policemen at Agbani, headquarters of Nkanu West Local Government of Enugu State.

The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday morning at a roundabout near the Agbani Divisional Police station.

The police officers were said to be on stop-and-search duty when the assailants sighted them and immediately opened fire, bringing down the three security operatives.

Meanwhile, Daniel Ndukwe, the state police spokesman has disclosed that, following a distress call on the incident, two assailants were intercepted and neutralized by a joint Police/Army team.

He said the team recovered an AK-47 rifle with two magazines loaded with ammunition, a Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep belonging to the deceased victims, a Toyota Camry car and a RAV4 Jeep.

Part of his statement read:

“Pending the receipt of a detailed report, kindly be informed that preliminary report reveals that two (2) of the assailants, said to have infiltrated into Oji-River from neighbouring Anambra State community, in the evening hours of 18/11/2022, that attacked and murdered one Gabriel Onuzulike (identified as former Chairman of Oji-River LGA and Commissioner in Enugu State Government) and his brother at Nkpokolo-Achi in Oji-River LGA, were neutralized by a Joint Police/Army Team, who swiftly responded to a distress call on the incident and intercepted the hoodlums at Inyi community of the same LGA, as they were escaping into Anambra State.”

The statement added that the chase for the assailants, many of whom escaped into a nearby forest is ongoing.