Unknown gunmen have killed two cops and set constructions and a patrol van ablaze right through an assault at the Uratta Police Department in Aba, Abia State.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Family members Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Maureen Chinaka, mentioned the attackers assaulted the department with explosives, triggering a hearth that broken a part of the development and the divisional patrol van.
She added that two cops misplaced their lives, whilst 3 inspectors sustained accidents and are recently receiving clinical consideration.
The command additionally clarified thawere used t the attackers carted away No firearms or ammunition have been used right through the incident.
Chinaka defined that the Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Wilfred Afolabi, in my opinion led an operational crew to the world following the assault.
She mentioned the crew combed the world and restored calm, whilst intensified safety operations and tracking persisted to apprehend the attackers.
The PPRO confident that the command would deploy all essential operational and intelligence assets to spot and arrest the ones accountable, including that the suspects can be delivered to justice.
“The Command extends its heartfelt condolences to the households of the fallen officials and all the Police circle of relatives over this painful loss.
“Citizens are recommended to stay calm, vigilant, and to give a boost to the Police with credible knowledge that would help the continuing investigation.
“Knowledge will also be reported on the nearest police station, throughout the recommendation bins and phone main points of the DPOs supplied at police divisions, or by the use of the Command’s emergency hotlines: 08035415405, 08079210004, 08079210005, 08079210006.”
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has visited the police station and the injured officials on the health facility.
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