By Okon Bassey
Gunmen have murdered five police officers and a wife of an officer during an attack on the Divisional Police Office, Odoro Ikpe in Ini Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.
The attack took place barely a week after the bandits invaded the Divisional Police Office at Ibiaku Ntok Okpo, Ikono Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.
The bandits, according to our findings, attacked the police facility in the early hours of Saturday. The hoodlums also destroyed facilities, vehicles and other valuables at the station.
Speaking with THISDAY yesterday, the spokesman of Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Mr. Odiko MacDon confirmed the attack, saying he was at the scene for an on-the-spot assessment.
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Across Nigeria, the recurring commentary has been the concerns over terror and insecurity perpetrated by non-state violent groups. In the North East, Boko Haram and affiliated jihadists are waging a high-level insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced millions; gangs of gunmen called, ‘bandits,’ are killing and kidnapping hundreds of civilians and children in the North West. And in the North-Central, South West and North-West killer herdsmen are running amok on a killing and kidnapping spree. Then in the South-East and South-South unknown gunmen, suspected to be from the Eastern Security Network or ESN (from the Indigenous People of Biafra), are brazenly attacking security installations and killing law enforcement and military personnel.
Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia
Condemnations have trailed the abduction of a student of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU) and other passengers with prominent Abians calling for quick, effective rescue efforts to ensure their immediate release.
In his reaction renowned economist and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Alex Otti, expressed shock and disbelief over the incident, saying that there was no justifiable reason for the hoodlums to attack innocent members of the society.
Otti, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Mr. Ferdinand Ekeoma, described “such act of violence against the students as wicked, barbaric and reprehensible.”
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Gunmen suspected to be members of Indigenous People of Biafra, working in collaboration with the Eastern Security Network on Saturday attacked a Divisional Police Headquarters in Odoro Ikpe in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and killed six persons.
It was gathered that the police station was set ablaze and operational vehicles and other valuables destroyed in the attack which occurred in the early hours of that fateful day.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who confirmed the attack said five police officers and a wife to a police officer were killed.
Nigerian Soldier Leaks Shoot-At-Sight Order, Advises Orlu Residents To Relocate
The soldier, who is attached to the 302 Artillery Regiment, Onitsha, Anambra State, warned residents of the town to relocate based on their commander s alleged order.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 08, 2021
A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian Army soldier has warned residents of Orlu town in Imo State to either relocate or be vigilant as some personnel had allegedly been given a shoot-at-sight order in the ongoing battle with the Eastern Security Network operatives.
The soldier, who spoke pidgin English in an audio obtained by SaharaReporters, added that he would not carry out the plan, and therefore, he had been allegedly marked by the army commander to be arrested and possibly killed.