Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Danladi Isa on Wednesday led an operation along Asaga Road by Terry Key in Ebem Ohafia in Ohafia local government area of the state in a bid to apprehend hoodlums who ambushed and attacked officers on patrol duty in the early hours of the day.
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ABN TV has brought you a report on the attack in the community by unknown assailants, targeting policemen on patrol duty.
ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka, the spokesperson of the police command in a statement on Wednesday said the hoodlums came under severe resistance from the police officers, causing them to flee the scene as the attack was repelled.
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Chinaka said during the rescue operation led by the CP, one of the attack victims, ASP Etim Obungha was successfully rescued unhurt as well as Corporal Chukwu Odoemelam, who sustained bullet injury during the attack but promptly rushed to the hospital and is currently responding to treatment.
She added, “Tragically, the body of ASP Etet Uboulo who did not survive the earlier attack was recovered.
“In the course of the operation, some exhibits were recovered from the crime scene and Investigation is ongoing with the view to tracking down the hoodlums. Watertight security measures have been emplaced as tactical teams, operatives from Ohafia Area Command in collaboration with the army component from 14 Brigade, Ohafia are currently on patrol in the area.”
The police boss in the state assured that all Abians that the perpetrators of this heinous crime will be apprehended to face justice.
The Police Command urges members of the public to remain security-conscious as they go about their daily activities and report any suspicious persons with bullet wounds.
