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Gunmen Kill Two Police Officers, Three Vigilante Members In Enugu
A search and manhunt operation launched after that, three (3) males suspected to have masterminded the attack were arrested
Enugu State– Unknown gunmen reportedly killed two police officers and three members of the Neighbourhood Watch Group in Igga Community, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.
It was gathered that on Friday evening, May 3rd, a combined security team consisting of three (3) policemen and four (4) members of the Neighbourhood Watch Group, who were providing security for a team of visiting investors from Lagos on a tour of a proposed agricultural investment site in the area, were killed.
In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the team was ambushed and attacked by a large group of criminal elements, who opened fire on them.
‘’Upon the unprovoked sudden attack, members of the team scampered for safety, while an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who led the team, one Neighbourhood Watch personnel, and the three (3) member team of investors were later rescued by a policemen team that immediately mobilized to the crime scene. But the eventually murdered members of the team went missing and unaccounted for.
However, in the course of a full-scale investigation and a search and manhunt operation launched after that, three (3) males suspected to have masterminded the attack were arrested.
According to him, their revelations during interrogation led to the discovery and recovery of the slain policemen and Neighborhood Watch Group members in the forest on May 4, 2024. Their lifeless bodies were taken to the hospital, confirmed dead by doctors, and deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.” Ndukwe said
The police spokesperson added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has described the unprovoked criminal act of the gruesome murder of the personnel as inconceivable, cruel, and unwarranted.
He, however, ordered further deployment of the Command’s intelligence and operational resources to sustain the manhunt of the fleeing criminals, stressing that the Police will stop at nothing to fish out and bring the perpetrators of the senseless act to book.