Unknown gunmen have ambushed and killed two police operatives in Imo state.
The police spokesman in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
Okoye said the hoodlums attacked some operatives while they were on patrol duty in the early hours of Saturday, killing two of them on the spot.
According to him, the incident happened along Old Gariki Road in Okigwe in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state.
Okoye said the gunmen threw dynamite at the police patrol vehicle and subsequently engaged them in a shootout.
“In the process, two officers paid the ultimate price while four others survived the attack,” he said.
He said the Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, alongside the commander of Mopol 18 and 64 of the police, on receipt of information about the incident, immediately led operatives from the police’s Special Tactical Unit to the scene of the attack for an on-the-spot assessment.
He added that the police commissioner vowed that he would not condone attacks on security personnel in the state.
Okoye said the commissioner assured that the police in the state would do everything possible to track down the killers and prosecute them accordingly.
He also appealed to residents of Okigwe and other neighbouring communities to support the police with information that might assist them in their investigation.
