IPOB members allegedly attack Police in Enugu — CP

The Enugu State Police Command on Sunday, August 30, alleged that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) attacked its men at some checkpoints in the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Abdurraham, said that rifles belonging to the policemen were also carted away.

Abdurraham also stated that IPOB was stockpiling the arms allegedly seized from police by their (IPOB) members with a view to using it to achieve their aims.

The CP’s allegation is coming few days after hoodlums attacked policemen at a checkpoint along Railway-line near the popular Ogbete Main Market and another checkpoint at Owelle Court, Awgu Local Government Area of the state.

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Abdurrahman pledged that the seized arms would  be recovered by the police through intelligence.

“They are stockpiling arms and it is such arms they collect from security that they will use to fight for their interest. So, we are using intelligence and by the Grace of God, we are going to recover all the arms,” he said.

Daily Times gathered that the officers were on duty conducting stop-and-search when they were taken unawares by the hoodlums, who disarmed and injured some of them before destroying their patrol vehicle.

A police source said that the policemen, who were injured during the separate attacks, were currently receiving treatment in one of the hospitals in the state capital.

Daily Times recalls that there was clash in Enugu between security operatives and IPOB members recently.

It led to the death of some IPOB members, who were said to have happened while they were in a prayer meeting in Emene area of Enugu State.

Ten persons were reportedly killed, but the casualty figures had been controversial as the police said only four persons were killed while IPOB group said 21 of their members were killed during the incident while 47 were arrested.