At Agbani, the seat of the state’s Nkanu West Local Government, three police officers of the Enugu State command were shot and killed by unidentified assailants.
Obasanjonews24 has learned that the incident happened on Saturday morning at a junction close to the Agbani Divisional Police station.
When the attackers spotted the police officers, who were on stop-and-search duty, they opened fire right away, killing the three security personnel.
A former state commissioner and the chairman of the Oji-River Local Government, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, and his elder brother were shot and killed by gunmen in their Nkpokolo-Achi homeland less than 24 hours prior to the attack.
A joint Police/Army unit was able to intercept and neutralize two attackers after receiving a distress call about the event, according to the State police headquarters.
Daniel Ndukwe, a spokesman for the state police, revealed this.
He said that in addition to the murdered victims’ Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep, a Toyota Camry automobile, a Jeep RAV4, and an AK-47 gun with two magazines full of ammo, the crew also found a Toyota RAV4 and a Toyota Camry car.
According to a portion of his statement, “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 neighboring Anambra State community, in the evening hours of November 18, 2022, that attacked and killed one Gabriel Onuzulike (identified as former Chairman of Oji-River LGA and Commissioner in Enugu State Government) and his brother at
He noted that the hunt for the attackers, many of whom fled into a neighboring forest, is still going on.
