A police Inspector serving at Ndiegoro Police Station in the Abia State Police Command has been reportedly shot dead by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN).
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the unfortunate incident happened at about 12:30 pm on Tuesday in Ohanku Road, Iheorji junction in Aba.
Confirming the attack by the gunmen, the Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said two of the attackers were neutralized by operatives of the command during the gun duel.
Narrating how the incident happened, Ogbonna said the armed suspected members of ESN/IPOB opened fire on some policemen from Ndiegoro Police Station, who were on patrol around Iheorji.
According to the police spokesperson, “During a gun duel, one of the Policemen paid the supreme price while two of the gunmen were neutralized.
“As they shot the policeman, they also collected his Police AK-47 riffle.”
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In another development, a pastor, prophet Emmanuel Femi Arowolo of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, situated at Surulere Street, Basiri, Ado Ekiti has been docked before an Ekiti Magistrate Court over alleged flagrant violation of physical development laws, rules and regulations.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development had during its routine inspection and enforcement exercise on June 16, 2022, allegedly observed an illegal construction of a building suspected to be a church and served enforcement notice on the said property.
The presiding Magistrate, Bunmi Bamidele of an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court ordered that no further construction be carried out on the premises until the suit is determined by the court.
Commenting on the development, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Engr. Adeola Johnson said Ekiti State Government would not relent in its effort at ensuring absolute compliance with extant laws, rules and regulations of physical development.
He said the development would not only ensure sanity in the whole process, but as a deterrent to others.