Gov. Okowa Reacts To Attack On Some Of His Security Aides By Gunmen Leading To Death Of 3 Police Officers
Vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has commiserated with Delta Police Command and families of police officers who lost their lives when unknown gunmen attacked them in Anambra State.
The officers, Inspectors Lucky Aleh; Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh, were attached to the Explosives Ordinance Disposal EOD Unit in Government House, Asaba.
They were ambushed and killed around 1.30 p.m. on Friday by unknown gunmen along Ihiala-Orlu Road enroute Umuahia on official duty.
Briefing journalists on the incident, Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, said the late officers would be greatly missed for their contributions to the peace and development of Delta State.
He described the killing of the officers as barbaric and unacceptable in a country seeking to be united again for peace and development.
He said, “We bring you the sad news of our very gallant officers who have helped us in maintaining peace in our state attached to the Explosives Ordinance Disposal, EOD, Unit in Government House, Asaba.
“The officers met their untimely death while they were proceeding as advanced team for the PDP national campaign rally in Abia. Unfortunately this particular team veered off from the convoy and took another route different from where the convoy was taking.
“They were ambushed along the Ihiala-Orlu Road enroute Umuahia by non-state actors who eventually killed three of them in police uniform, while the one on mufti escaped.”
“We have recovered their corpses and we have also reached out to their families,” he said.
He added that some accounts of the unfortunate incident trending on social media was untrue, adding that the state government delayed announcing their untimely death because efforts were being made to reach out to their families before making the announcement.
He called on security agencies in the country to fish out the killers and bring them to book so that Nigerians could once again live peacefully in any part of the country.
“What is happening in parts of this country today, particularly in the South East, is not healthy for our development as a country because the elections are very very close.
“The security we are asking for are not just for the purpose of the elections. It is also something that everybody wants. We should be able to have security at every given time; that way, we would have development.”
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