Police officers in Enugu state are currently in search of a female officer who went missing after known gunmen attacked the Police Divisional Headquarters, Umulokpa, in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, October 9.
The gunmen stormed the police division at about 5pm in their numbers and started shooting sporadically, damaging any facility insight.
Police Public Relations Officer in Enugu, Daniel Ndukwe, who confirmed the attack in a statement on Monday said the State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Lawal, had directed the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of the command to intensity efforts to locate the abducted female cop.
Ndukwe explained that the assailants, in their numbers, attacked and vandalised vehicles and other items at the police facility.
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu, Abubakar Lawal, was said to have led a team of senior police officers and commanders of the command’s tactical and operational units to the scene.
The statement read in part;
“The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Abubakar Lawal, has ordered the State CID and tactical teams of the Command to intensify ongoing investigative efforts to locate a missing female personnel and fish out the yet-to-be identified hoodlums, who in their numbers attacked and vandalized vehicles and other items at Umulokpa Police Divisional Headquarters in Uzo-Uwani LGA, in the evening hours of 09/10/2021.
“He gave this order after leading a team of Senior Police Officers and Commanders of the Command’s tactical/operational teams to the scene.
“Meanwhile, the general public, particularly citizens of the State, have been enjoined to assist the Command with credible information and/or intelligence that will lead to the location of the said personnel and arrest of the assailants.”
In another statement, he confirmed the killing of a young man identified as Stephen Ajah by yet-to-be-identified armed men.
Although he did not state when the killing occurred, the command’s spokesman explained that the incident took place along the Ozalla-Agbani Road in Nkanu West LGA.
He said the victim was rushed to the hospital by police personnel who arrived at the scene where he was confirmed dead.
The remains of Ajah, according to Ndukwe, have been deposited at the mortuary while the police have begun an investigation to arrest the gunmen
