Imo: Gunmen ambush police patrol, kill 2 operatives

Gunmen launched a deadly attack on a police patrol team, killing two officers in Okigwe, Imo State on Sunday.

The officers, who were attached to Mopol 18 Owerri, were reportedly on routine patrol near the old Gariki area when they came under attack.

The police officers were reportedly caught off guard.

According to sources, while two operatives were fatally shot, others sustained injuries during the ambush but managed to escape the scene.

While confirming the attack, the police spokesman in the state, ASP Henry Okoye, described it as unfortunate and noted that efforts were underway to apprehend the suspects.

“The incident that happened in Okigwe is a very unfortunate one,” Okoye stated. “The Commissioner of Police, Imo State, CP Aboki Danjuma, has strongly condemned the attack and gruesome murder of two of our personnel. These officers, attached to Mopol 18 Owerri, were deployed on routine patrol duty.”

Okoye added that the Commissioner, along with the Commander of Mopol 18 and other senior officers, had visited the scene for an on-the-spot assessment.

“We have deployed tactical teams and charged them to go all out, in synergy with the military, to hunt down the hoodlums responsible for this senseless act of violence,” he said.

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