The Enugu State Police Command has reacted to the deadly clash between member of the Indigenous People’s of Biafra(IPOB) and security agencies on Sunday.
The clash, according to an eyewitness account, resulted in the death of four persons and left others badly injured.
While addressing newsmen, following the clash, State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Abdurrahman, said the Police had arrested five members of the group involved in the clash.
He noted that the Department of State Security (DSS) had gone on a covert operation in a particular location in Emene early Sunday morning but were overwhelmed and two of their officials abducted by the IPOB members.
He said the DSS had to call in the police for their rescue and the police subsequently alerted the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force to quickly quell the escalating mayhem.
According to him, this morning I received a distress call that IPOB members were firing sporadically in the air and scaring people along the Enugu-Abakaliki Road precisely in Emene community axis of the road.
IPOB/DSS Clash: IPOB Killed Two Of Our Personnel In Enugu
“The police quickly mobilized its officers and men from Divisions, Units and Area Command led by the Police Area Commander Metro that went to the scene but they were faced with heavy gun firing from the IPOB members and the police responded appropriately.
Speaking further, he said “in the cause of the development; I also invited the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force, since we operate in unison and synergy, to ensure we restore normalcy quickly in that axis of Enugu,’’.
The commissioner further said that the Police were able to rescue one of the DSS officials in a building where IPOB members held him and some other policemen hostage.
“However, four persons lost their lives. These included two persons out of which one was hacked to death with matchet and one innocent passerby set ablaze.
He said many of the IPOB members also escaped with bullet wounds in the gun duel that ensued between the security agencies and the miscreants (IPOB members).
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