Cajetan Mmuta,Awka
The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Ahmed Ammani, has ordered a discreet investigation and manhunt for the suspected IPOB/ESN members behind the death of a policeman during the attack at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Office in the state.

Gunmen had set ablaze the INEC office at Amechi-Awkunanaw in Enugu South Local Government Area, on Sunday at about 9.15pm. The Commissioner in a press statement through the command’ s spokesmen, Daniel Ndukwe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the hoodlums were “resisted and repelled by police operatives on duty in the office.”

He said: “In the ensuing gun duel, however, one of the resilient Operatives sustained a fatal gunshot injury and was taken to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead, and his corpse deposited in the mortuary for preservation.”

He stated that many of the hoodlums, who had used a suspected petrol bomb to set the security house ablaze, escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds.
According to the statement, “the Commissioner, while restating the avowed commitment of the Command to ensure that the deceased Police Officer did not pay the supreme price in the line of duty in vain, has reiterated that the Police shall remain focused and intensify existing interagency collaboration towards the protection of INEC’s facilities and ensure the conduct of a peaceful and credible general election in the state.

He said: “The CP, therefore, enjoins citizens of the state, particularly owners of medical facilities, to quickly report anyone who presents a case of gunshot injury to the nearest Police Station. He also calls on them to remain vigilant and law-abiding, while assisting the Police with necessary information and intelligence that will lead to the arrest of the fleeing assailants and their likes.”