Gunmen kill 12 Policemen In 24hrs
In Akwa-Ibom, Rivers
In the last 24 hours, 12 police
men lost their lives to the ongoing attacks on security personnel and
formations in the South-East and South-South regions.
The separate incidents, which had
the imprints of previous attacks, saw gunmen attacking the personnel at their
duty posts in the early hours of the day.
In Akwa Ibom, gunmen attacked the
Divisional Police Headquarters, located in Odoro Ikpe village, Ini Local
Government Area, LGA, killing five policemen on duty.
Seven were shot dead in Rivers
State.
Rattled Governor Nyesom Wike
called an emergency meeting to discuss the killings but said no amount of
intimidation will cause Rivers to succumb to secessionist agenda.
It was gathered that the Akwa Ibom
attackers struck at about 2:45am yesterday.
The incident happened exactly one
week after hoodlums attacked Ikono Police Divisional Headquarters where they
killed two police men.
The latest attack brought the
total number of police men killed in May alone in the state to seven.
A policeman’s wife was also
killed in the attack that saw the gunmen, setting patrol vehicles ablaze.
According to sources in the area,
the attackers stormed the police station in two buses and a Sienna bus.
A statement by the Chairman of
the LGA, Mr. Israel Idais, said some police officers also sustained severe
injuries during the attack.
Idais commended youths of the LGA
for raising the alarm, saying it helped reduce the number of casualties
recorded.
The Public Relations Officer,
PRO, of Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Odiko MacDon, confirmed the attack.
In Rivers, facts emerged on how
gunmen killed about seven policemen.
The attackers had, at about 10
pm, Friday, murdered the policemen at different points in two LGAs.
Two AK47 rifles were said to have
been snatched from them while a patrol van was set ablaze.
