Crime
Police admit gunmen attack on joint operation team in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command has admitted an attack by gunmen on a joint operation checkpoint along Amodu Road in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Enugu State Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement in Enugu, disclosed that the attack occurred in the early hours at about 8.00a.m of Tuesday.
The PPRO stated that the joint operation team “dealt seriously” with the hoodlums who used two Lexus Jeeps and a bus to carry out the attack.
The PPRO narrated: “There was an attack on a joint operation team at a checkpoint on Amodu in Nkanu West LGA in the morning hours of today, Sept. 27.
“However, I await full briefing on the incident due to ongoing intense manhunt of the masked assailants, most of whom escaped the scene of the incident with fatal gunshot injuries.
“The assailants had to take to their heels after confronting a well prepared joint operation team in gun duel that lasted some minutes.”
He said that the joint team has commenced manhunt for the fleeing culprits.
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