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One Policeman Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint In Ebonyi
[SAHARAREPORTERS] A police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway in Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria was attacked by button men on Thursday.The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed to SaharaReporters on Thursday that a policeman was killed in the attack. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened at the Ishieke Junction on the outskirts of Abakaliki, the state capital, where a police patrol van was also set on fire. The spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, who confirmed the attack to SaharaReporters said a policeman was fatally maimed. He, however, added that nobody was kidnapped. "Nobody was kidnapped, but unfortunately a policeman was fatally maimed. We are on the trail of the hoodlums," he said. Related: Ebonyi: 2024-03-22 New cases of Lassa fever reported across Nigeria Ebonyi: 2023-12-26 Three Worshippers Killed As Gunmen Attack Catholic Church In Ebonyi On Christmas Eve Ebonyi: 2023-11-18 Good Morning Related: Abakaliki: 2022-09-17 Tension In Ebonyi As Gunmen Kill South-East's Ebubeagu Operative Abakaliki: 2022-04-17 Three Killed As Herdsmen Attack Enugu Communities Abakaliki: 2022-02-16 Gunmen Kill Three Policemen At Checkpoint In Ebonyi Posted by: Fred 2024-04-12 |
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