Four Policemen Shot Dead in Imo

Four police officers on stop and search
checkpoint along Owerri- Onitsha Road
near the MOPOL headquarters were shot
dead on Monday by unknown gunmen
in Owerri, Imo State.
A lady selling along the road was also
shot dead during the incident,
which occurred late in the evening
An eyewitness narrated that the gunmen
stormed the police checkpoint near
SaveMore Market Place, Irete, Owerri,
around 6:30 p.m. and began shooting
sporadically at the policemen killing
four officers on duty, and a lady nearby.
Several people were also wounded in the
gun attack and were rushed to the hospital.
Herbert Wigwe, the group chief executive officer of Access Holdings
Plc, was involved in a helicopter crash in the United States.
Wigwe, his wife and son were in the helicopter when it crashed in
California near the Nevada border, as well as Abimbola Ogunbanjo,
the group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group).
In a statement that was issued by
Imo State Police Command’s Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Henry Okoye,
said that the State Commissioner of Police,
CP. Aboki Danjuma, has strongly condemned
the attack and gruesome murder of
four police operatives and a civilian by
the unknown gunmen and has deployed
the command’s tactical units with the
available operational assets and intelligence
to go all out in synergy with other security
agencies and hunt down the hoodlums
responsible for the attack.
Okoye said: “The commissioner of police
expressed sadness over the unfortunate
incident and vowed that the command
will leave no stone unturned in ensuring
that the perpetrators are all arrested and
brought to justice, stressing that the
miscreants responsible for the senseless
attack have murdered peace.
“The tragic incident serves as a painful
reminder of the daily risks and sacrifices
police officers embrace in their unwavering
commitment to public safety.