The Nigerian Police Force has explained how two staff of the US Embassy were murdered and burned by hoodlums in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday.
Confirming the incident in a statement on Tuesday, Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relations Officer, said two policemen and two officials of the US Consulate were murdered.
Mr Tochukwu said the incident occurred along Atani, Osamale Road in Ogbaru LGA around 3:30 p.m.
The statement partly reads, “The Joint Security Forces have embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of U S Consulate today Friday, May 16, 2023, by 3:30 pm 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.
The police spokesman also confirmed that no citizen of the United States was in the convoy when the attack occurred.
Mr Tochukwu also disclosed that the hoodlums, “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.
“The Command, while reacting to the situation, regrets that a convoy of such or any related will enter the state without recourse to the police in the area or any security agency, assured that the battle against the insurgents in the State is focused and it will remain sustained until such a time security stability is fully restored,” he added.
