Imo State Commissioner of Police, Hussiani Rabiu has denied the knowledge of the meeting of the traditional rulers in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, where two traditional rulers were shot dead by gunmen.
In a statement issued on Wednesday in Owerri by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, CSP. Michael Abatham, the CP maintained that the Transition Committee Chairman of Njaba LGA of Imo State, Emeka Ihenacho, was reported to have invited 15 traditional rulers from the LGA without informing either the Police Command or any other security agency in the state.
He said: “at the scene, it was revealed that the Transitional Chairman of Njaba local government, Hom. Emeka Ihenacho invited and was having a meeting with fifteen transitional rulers of Njaba communities without informing the police or other security agencies”.
He said that while the meeting was in progress, armed bandits came and started shooting at them indiscriminately, after which they ran back into the bush.
The CP said that the following information received that hoodlum were attacking the venue of the meeting between the LGA Transition Committee chairman of Njaba local government and 15 traditional rulers, he immediately, dispatched the Command’s tactical teams comprising the Special Forces, Rapid Response Squad, and Anti-kidnapping Squad to the scene.
He said that on their arrival at the scene, they were informed by the police patrol teams patrolling the area, that the hoodlums fled into the bush on sighting them.
The CP regretted that two traditional rulers, HRH Eze S. C Osunwa of Ihebinowere Autonomous Community and HRH Eze Barr A. E Durueburuo of Okwudor Autonomous Community lost their lives in the attack, while HRH Eze A. N Onyeka (JP) of Nkume Autonomous Community sustained gunshot injury.
Rabiu recalled that the police station in Njaba was recently attacked and razed down by hoodlums, who also killed two police officers.
He said that the command had to post policemen to the area on vehicular patrols to help in checkmating crimes and criminalities, pending when a new police station would be rebuilt.
CP Rabiu said that the command was already exploring all avenues possible to see that the fleeing bandits were arrested and prosecuted.
The Commissioner of Police, while condoling with the families of those who lost their lives, enjoined all and sundry to be law-abiding and go about their lawful businesses, assuring Imolites of the Command’s commitments to arrest and bring to book the perpetrators of the heinous crime.
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