The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the attack on Iwollo Oghe Police station in Ezeagu local government area of the state by yet to be identified hoodlums.

The command’s Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, psc, who led members of his management team and Operational/Tactical Commanders to Iwollo Police Division for on-the-spot assessment, following attack on the Division by yet-to-be identified gunmen at about 4am on Tuesday assured that the perpetrators must be apprehended.

ASP Daniel Ndukwe, Anipr, Police Public Relations Officer Enugu State Command in a statement narrated that: “The hoodlums, who came to the Station in their numbers, opened fire on Police Operatives on duty, but were gallantly resisted and in the ensuing gun duel, several of the assailants escaped  with bullet injuries.”

Ndukwe also said that the command lost four of their men as a result of injuries they sustained and part of the station torched by the gunmen and the commissioner while commiserating with families of the dead officers ordered for discreet investigation to arrest the culprits.

“Unfortunately, four (4) of the Operatives, who sustained severe gunshot injuries, were later confirmed dead in the hospital, while parts of the Station was set ablaze by the assailants.”

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“The Commissioner, while condoling family members and close friends of the Policemen, who unfortunately paid the ultimate price in the line of duty; has ordered the intensification of already launched discreet investigation to fish out the assailants and their cohorts.”

He further appeals to law-abiding citizens of the State to promptly volunteer useful information that will assist the Command in the ongoing investigation. He also calls on them, especially operators of medical facilities in the State, to promptly report to the Police any person(s) found  with gunshot injuries.