—Ubah •Attack on senator disturbing — Ohanaeze •It’s unfortunate, condemnable — Obi •Soludo, Anambra politicians react •Attack despicable, evil — Abaribe •Fish out killers, Andy Uba tells Soludo
By Henry Umoru, Vincent Ujumadu, Nwabueze Okonkwo & Steve Oko.
Anambra State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the death of two policemen and three civilians during Sunday’s deadly armed attack on Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Uba’s convoy at Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Council Area of the state.
Senator Ubah,representing Anambra South senatorial zone, also confirmed the position of the Police.
This came as the apex Igbo socio-cultural organsiation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo; Presidential standard bearer of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi; and Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, described the attack as very disturbing, unfortunate and condemnable.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, two other policemen are currently receiving medical attention at the hospital.
Ikenga, who spoke to newsmen on phone, yesterday, said the command would leave no stone unturned to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act, adding that the state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, has since deployed intelligence operatives to the appropriate locations to fish out those behind the killings.
Reacting, yesterday, Senator Ubah confirmed that operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, the police, and civilians were among those killed during the ambush.
Although Ubah did not give a full list of those who lost their lives during the attack, he named Obum Ikechukwu and Goodness Mathias among the dead. He also did not say if the two were security operatives.
