Gunmen Attack Police Division, Abduct DSP

By Charles Igbo

Daring gunmen have attacked a Police Division in Abia State, and abducted a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP.

The DSP, identified as Dickson, was the Divisional Crime Officer, DCO.

The Attack on Mbala Divisional Police Division, in Isuochi Community, Umunneochi Local Government Area, Isiukwuato, Abia State, has been described worrisome and unfortunate by the Abia Police Command spokesperson, Geoffrey Ogbonna.

The Attack was said to have been resisted by Policemen as there was a thunderous shoot-out between the hoodlums and the Police, but nobody could stop them from abducting the unfortunate DSP, an indigene of Enugu State.

Umunneochi has become very notorious for the activities of hoodlums and the number of abductions in the area.

24 hours after the attack on the Police facility, the Deputy Registrar of the Spiritan University, Nneochi, Rev. Fr. Dr. Chinedu Nwadike, and a Seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor, were abducted in the same community  on their way to Enugu. Their abductors have made a ransom demand of N50m.

On May 31, the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu Uche, his Chaplain and the Methodist Bishop of Owerri Diocese, were abducted along that stretch on their way to Imo Airport. A whopping sum of N100m was paid for their release.

Reports say the abducted DCO has a couple of years before his retirement from service. No contact has been made by his abductors.

The Abia Police Command says efforts are in top gear to locate and secure freedom for him.