The Rivers Police Command has disclosed that it has launched a serious search for gunmen who attacked its checkpoints on the Port Harcourt – Owerri Road yesterday.
According to reports, the attack which took place along the Ikwerre Local Government Area axis of the road reportedly led to the death of some security operatives.
A source who pleaded for anonymity narrated that several patrol vehicles belonging to the security operatives were set ablaze by gunmen are yet to be identified.
The Spokesman of the command in Rivers, SP Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the attack in a statement in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said details of the attacks were still sketchy.
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Omoni, however, refused to reveal the number of casualties in the attacks.
He said: ‘I can confirm the attack on security personnel along the Omagwa/Isiokpo/Elele – Owerri Road, and details are sketchy.
‘The Commissioner of Police, CP Eboka Friday, has launched a full-scale investigation into the dastardly attack with a view to arresting the perpetrators and bringing them to justice.
‘Meanwhile, the area is now calm with reinforced and increased joint patrols on the stretch of the road and other areas in the state by security agencies.
‘So far, the state is calm and secure, and no cause for alarm,‘ Omoni concluded.
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