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Attack on Police officers: IGP orders arrest of perpetrators

Attack on Police officers: IGP orders arrest of perpetrators

Traditional rulers to be held accountable on the attack on policemen

Attack on Police officers: IGP orders arrest of perpetrators



The  Acting Inspector General of Police ( IGP ) Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of the persons that were involved in the attack on police officers who were on a legitimate mission in Ogoja last Wednesday.
The IGP also warned that a traditional ruler or leaders in charge of any community where policemen are attacked would be held accountable for the action.


Four policemen who were on a mission to arrest some suspected armed robbers and receivers of a stolen vehicle in a community in Cross River State were attacked with matchetes, axes, and other dangerous weapons. 
The attack was allegedly masterminded and executed by one Ikenga, a notorious receiver of stolen property, and his gang members. 
The Police officers attached to the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) unit were seriously and wounded, with deep machete cuts in their heads and other parts of their bodies.


The victims of the savage attack were investigating a case of a stolen Toyota Sienna Bus earlier reported by the Master Chapel Church, a Pentecostal church based in Lagos. The detectives had, after a painstaking investigation, arrested four suspects – Peter, Ben, Ebuka, and Johnson.
Force Public Relations Officer  ( FPRO ) DCP Frank MBA  in a statement made available to Daily Sun said: ” The suspects who were positively implicated in the crime by the police investigation, confessed to indeed stealing the vehicle. They stated further that they had sold the vehicle to another criminal in Benue State. Hence, detectives moved to Benue State with one of the suspects.

On the arrest of the suspect in Benue State, he stated that he had sold the vehicle to another notorious receiver of stolen goods based in Ogoja for  N250, 000 Naira. With this discovery, the detectives proceeded to Cross River State, where the notorious receiver Ikenga was apprehended and the stolen vehicle recovered. 
” However, in a bizarre twist, shortly after his arrest, the suspect raised the alarm in his native language which attracted his gang members. Subsequently, the policemen came under serious physical attack from weapons wielding hoodlums. The officers were savagely butchered by these armed gangs. Consequently, Ikenga, the notorious crook escaped with the stolen vehicle. 


“The IGP while condemning the attack in very strong terms, warned that the Police under his watch will not tolerate criminal attacks and assault on its personnel or facilities. He enjoined traditional rulers and community leaders not to allow such attacks to take place in their domain as they may be called to account.
“The IGP has, therefore, ordered for the immediate manhunt and arrest of IKenga and other members of his gang. He also urged members of the public to avail the Police with credible and useful information that will lead to the apprehension of all persons involved in these unwholesome and illegal act”.

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