Delta govt reveals how Okowa’s safety aides have been killed by gunmen

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has commiserated with the police within the state and households of law enforcement officials killed by gunmen in Anambra State.

The State Commissioner for Data, Charles Aniagwu, who briefed reporters on the difficulty on Saturday in Asaba, stated the officers have been ambushed and killed round 1.30 p.m. on Friday on Ihiala-Orlu Highway enroute Umuahia, whereas on official responsibility.

He gave the names of the slain officers as Inspectors Fortunate Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh, who have been hooked up to the Explosives Ordnance Disposal Unit in Authorities Home, Asaba.

He stated the late officers can be enormously missed for his or her contributions to the peace and improvement of Delta.

Mr Aniagwu described the killing of the officers as barbaric and unacceptable in a rustic searching for to be united once more for peace and improvement.

“The officers met their premature demise whereas they have been continuing as a complicated group for the PDP Nationwide Marketing campaign Rally in Abia.

“Sadly this explicit group veered off from the convoy and took one other route totally different from the place the convoy was taking.

“They have been ambushed alongside the Ihiala-Orlu Highway en route Umuahia by non-state actors who ultimately killed three of them in police uniform whereas the one on mufti escaped.

“We’ve got recovered their corpse and we have now additionally reached out to their households,” he stated.

The commissioner stated some accounts of the unlucky incident trending on social media have been unfaithful.

He stated the state authorities delayed asserting their premature demise as a result of efforts have been being made to succeed in out to their households earlier than making the announcement.

Killers have to be dropped at guide

Mr Aniagwu known as on safety businesses within the nation to fish out the killers and convey them to the guide in order that Nigerians can as soon as once more stay peacefully in any a part of the nation.

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“What is occurring in elements of this nation at the moment, significantly within the South-east, is just not wholesome for our improvement as a rustic as a result of the elections are very very shut.

“The safety we’re asking for isn’t just for the aim of the elections. It’s also one thing that everyone desires. We must always be capable of have safety at each given time; that method, we might have improvement.

“We should additionally plead with our brothers and sisters who could have taken weapons on the account of what they see as agitation to know that one of the simplest ways to assist our folks is to permit peace to reign,” he stated.

“Our folks within the South-east are very industrious, they’re commerce oriented and have developed love for each other through the years.

“We’ll plead with these our brothers to permit this sort of love that permeated the environment within the time previous within the South-east, to proceed to pervade that surroundings.

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“We’re pleading with them to sheath their swords and start to permit that love of which the folks of the South-east have been recognized for through the years, in order that as a folks, we are going to proceed to coexist.”

Mr Aniagwu prayed for the repose of the souls of the slain officers and for God to consolation their households.

“As a authorities in Delta, we might be with their households on this their making an attempt moments,” he stated.

(NAN)