The Anambra Police Command has denied reports that some Americans have been killed in the state. The Command spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga said in a statement in Onitsha on Tuesday that there were no Americans in the convoy attacked by gunmen on Tuesday.
Armed men opened fire on a convoy carrying US consulate officials in Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra state.
However, Mr Ikenga said two mobile police officers and two US consulate staff members died in the convoy. Furthermore, the bodies and vehicles were set on fire.
He said the joint security forces had launched a rescue and recovery operation to locate and arrest the armed men.
In his words –
“Following an attack on a convoy of staff of U.S Consulate around 3:30 p. m. along Atani, Osamale road.
“The hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies ablaze and their vehicles. Also, the arsonist/murderers on sighting the responding joint security forces abducted two Police operatives, the driver of the second vehicle and took to their heels. No U.S citizen was in the convoy”, he said.
According to the command spokesperson, the command was concerned about these officials visiting the state without relying on local police and security services.
He assured that the fight against rebels in the state would continue until full stability and peace are restored.
cc: Vanguard Ng
