Enugu, Feb. 11, 2023: Some unidentified gunmen have killed three policemen from the department of Explosive Ordinance Device (EoD), Delta State Police Command, Asaba.
The victims, who were said to have been attached to the State Government House, were killed within the Ihiala Local Government Area of the Anambra State.
They were said to have been on their way to Abia State when the attack happened.
According to eyewitness account, the victims were an advance team of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who is the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).
The names of the three deceased Police officers were given as Inspectors Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh.
The eyewitness noted that the gunmen intercepted them at about 1.30pm at Ihiala and set their vehicle on fire.
It said that two of the killed Policemen were indigenes of Agbor, Delta state.
“Four officers were in the vehicle but one was on mufti so he was freed while the three in uniform were killed.
“The Escort commander from the Government House, Asaba, was sent to bring their corpses and deposit them in a mortuary in Asaba,” another source said.
The incident was later confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), of Anambra State command, Ikenga Tochukwu.
“We got distress calls and we rushed to the scene of the incident. The policemen who were killed are from the Delta state command and were on transit as at the time of the incident.
“But I can assure you that the State commissioner of police, Anambra, is very poised to bring to book the criminals behind the dastardly act.”
