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Key highlights
- The 2 have been rescued early Friday unharmed by joint safety forces, after they have been ambushed by gunmen Tuesday.
- Ambushed noticed the killing of seven together with police personnel, and kidnapped two
- FG earlier confirmed that two U.S. embassy officers and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them have been killed in an assault by gunmen in Anambra.
The Nigerian Authorities has introduced the rescue of two staff of the USA Consulate Lagos, kidnapped in Ogbaru Native Authorities Space of Anambra.
This was disclosed in an announcement on Friday by Anambra Police Command Spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, as gunmen on the 16th of Could attacked a convoy carrying U.S consulate officers.
Rescue
Anambra Police Command Spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that Safety operatives rescued two staff of the USA Consulate Lagos, kidnapped in Ogbaru Native Authorities Space of Anambra on Could 16.
The assertion learn that the 2 have been rescued early Friday unharmed by joint safety forces, after they have been ambushed by gunmen on Tuesday, killing seven together with police personnel, and kidnapped two.
The our bodies of these killed have been additionally set ablaze by the gunmen alongside Atani-Osamala street in Anambra, the Police added that the safety forces have sustained safety operation within the space, the assertion added:
- “ Additional particulars can be communicated to the general public on the operation
What it’s best to know
Within the assertion, this week President Muhammadu Buhari expressed condolences on the lack of lives of two U.S. embassy officers and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an assault by gunmen in Anambra.
The victims have been on official responsibility in Ogbaru Native Authorities Space of Anambra state, the assertion learn:
- “I used to be very unhappy listening to concerning the killing of the embassy employees and our policemen accompanying them.
- ”On this troublesome time for the households of these killed, the American Embassy and the Nigeria Police Drive, NPF, I lengthen the nation’s condolences over the very unhappy incident.”
In line with the Presidency, President Buhari was briefed concerning the tragic killing of a number of individuals in Bwoi District of Mangu Native Authorities Space of Plateau, and that of a number of villagers in Adaka village in Makurdi Native Authorities and in Ijaha neighborhood of Apa Native Authorities Space of Benue.
- “We share the grief of the American Embassy, the Nigeria Police Drive and our communities in Plateau and Benue and stay dedicated to fishing out the perpetrators of the assaults and bringing them to justice.
- ”Could God give their households the power to bear the unlucky losses.”
Overseas Affairs
The Ministry of Overseas Affairs additionally condemned the assault in an announcement by the ministry’s Spokesperson, Francisca Omayuli, on Wednesday in Abuja, they stated:
- “The Federal Authorities obtained with dismay the unhappy information of the assault on the convoy of the staffers of the U.S. Consulate on Could 16, 2023 in Ogbaru Native Authorities Space of Anambra State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
- “The unlucky incident, which led to the dying of two policemen and two employees of the consulate, is condemnable and most regrettable.
- “Whereas the investigation to fish out the culprits and convey them to e-book is ongoing the federal authorities extends its sympathy and condolences to the households of the deceased in addition to to the USA Consulate and Mission in Nigeria over the unlucky incident.
- “The Federal Authorities stays undaunted by this unhappy growth and reiterates its dedication to the continued struggle towards all types of crime and criminality within the nation.”