BEVERLY HILLS, May 23, (THEWILL) – The Police Command in Ebonyi on Sunday repelled an attack on its Divisional Headquarters in the state.
One police officer and an attacker were killed in the gun battle between the cops and the gunmen.
The spokesman of the command, DSP Odah Obianuju, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.
She explained that the hoodlums, numbering about 20, came in a Mitsubishi L300 bus while some came on foot through the back fence and attacked Ugbuodo Divisional Headquarters in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
They immediately opened fire, shooting sporadically at the policemen on duty but were swiftly challenged and repelled in the gun battle that killed one of them.
One was killed with his AK47 rifle.
“GSM phone and jackknife were recovered while others escaped with bullet injuries. One mobile police personnel paid the supreme price,” she said.
She added that the Commissioner of Police ordered a manhunt for the fleeing hoodlums.
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