The Imo State Police authorities have said that they have deployed Special Tactical Squad and equipped them with all available operational resources and intelligence to go all out, in conjunction with other sister security agencies and clamp down on the perpetrators of the unprovoked and unwarranted attack and killing of police mobile operatives conducting stop-and -search at Akabor in Ikeduru local council of IMO state on Tuesday June 11 2024.
This is even as they have alleged that the attack was carried out by some suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network.ESN.
A statement issued by the Imo state police Command Spokesperson Henry Okoye ASP at the weekend said the Commissioner of Police Aboki Danjuma has also set up a high-powered investigation team to unravel the perpetrators of the attack .
The Police informed that the bodies of the slain mobile police operatives as,well as that of civilian casualty have been recovered and deposited in the morgue.
” The Commissioner of Police Imo state Command ,CP Aboki Danjuma has deployed the Command’s Special Tactical Squad and equipped them with the available operational resources and intelligence to go all out in synergy with other security agencies and clamp down on the hoodlums responsible for the unprovoked and unwarranted attack and killing of police mobile operatives conducting stop and search at Aka or in Ikeduru LGA of Imo state.
“The tragic incident was perpetrated in the early hours of 11/6/2024 by hoodlums suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network ESN. who attacked the operatives in their numbers firing sporadically .
“The operatives fought back, but unfortunately,two personnel and a civilian were fatally hit.
*In the wake of the tragic incident,the Commissioner of police,Imo state command CP Aboki Danjuma alongside the DC Operations led police operatives to the scene of the crime for an on-the-spot assessment of the incident.
“Intense operation is ongoing in the area for possible apprehension and prosecution of the fleeing hoodlums responsible for the senseless act of violence..
“More so ,the Commissioner of police has set up a high powered investigation team and tasked them to carry out a comprehensive investigation to unravel the perpetrators of the attack”, part of the police Statement reads.
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