By BABARA KALU, Enugu –
Armed hoodlums have reportedly killed no fewer than two operatives of the Neighbourhood Watch Group, while others sustained various degree of injuries during an attack in Ogurute in Enugu-Ezike, Enugu State.
Confirming the incident, The state command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said that three persons had been arrested in connection with the dastardly act.
ASP Ndukwe said some hoodlums attacked operatives of the group at the Ogurute outpost in the wee hours of Tuesday and also set their office and patrol vehicles ablaze.
He said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lawal Abubakar, had visited the scene of the attack for an on-the-spot assessment of the extent of damage.
The PPRO said the commissioner had ordered a fullscale investigation into the incident, saying that the perpetrators of the dastardly act would not go unpunished.
He said the commissioner also commiserated with the bereaved families and prayed for the quick recovery of those hospitalised.
“This act is barbaric, wicked and senseless.
“I have ordered the state’s Criminal and Investigative Department to carry out a fullscale investigation to fish out and bring the assailants to book,” the PPRO quoted Abubakar to have said.
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