Gunmen Ambush Commissioner, Kill Two Police Officers In Enugu

At least two officers of the Nigeria Police Force were reportedly killed in a gun battle with unknown gunmen in Enugu State on Sunday night.

Naija News learnt that the personnel were killed while saving the life of the State Commissioner for Lands, Chidi Aroh who was ambushed by gunmen while returning home from a meeting.

Reports had it that Aroh was returning from the neighbouring Anambra State in the evening hours of Sunday from a meeting he had attended on Saturday.

Reports gathered that the gunmen opened fire on the commissioner’s convoy upon sighting him and when the policemen engaged the hoodlums in exchange for gunfire, they were killed and their guns taken away.

Although the Anambra State Police Command confirmed the incident, it, however, said the whereabouts of the policemen were yet to be known.

Meanwhile, police sources had reportedly told Daily Post that the two policemen were killed when the gunmen ambushed the Commissioner.

The police orderlies killed during the attack were confirmed as Inspectors David Adabu and one Solomon.

“The gunmen ambushed their Hilux van in a community in Anambra, shot and killed the two policemen. The Commissioner was lucky to have escaped in his Jeep because their Hilux van was riddled with bullets,” the source is quoted as saying.

The spokesman of the Anambra Command, Ikenga Tochukwu, has confirmed the attack when he was contacted via mobile phone.

Luckily for the commissioner, he escaped the attack with the help of his security officers among which two were reportedly killed.

In his confirmation, Tochukwu said, “What happened yesterday (Sunday) is an example of the sacrifice security agents, especially police personnel, pay in providing security services.

“Meanwhile, the police operatives attached to the Commissioner of Lands engaged the gunmen which made their principal (the Commissioner) escape with his driver.

“The Command on the receipt of the information has since deployed operatives in that area, the whereabouts of the two police personnel are still yet unknown and operation is still ongoing.”