Nnewi Shooting Incident, Case of Mistaken Identity – Police

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Nnewi Shooting Incident, Case of Mistaken Identity – Police

By Jude Atupulazi

The Anambra State Police Command has said it was aware of the shooting incident that took place at Izuchukwu Junction, Nnobi/Nnewi Road by 7 pm last Wednesday in which security operatives mistook the police operatives as unfriendly forces and opened fire at them.

In a press statement he signed, the spokesman of the Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, was quick to explain that the incident was that of a mistaken identity by friendly forces, rather than an attack by non-state actors, known as unknown gunmen, associated with the Biafra struggle.

Ikenga stated in the release, ‘We wish to emphasize that the attack on the operatives was not from non-state actors or any attempt to disrupt the burial of the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.

‘Preliminary information shows that security operatives on investigation trailed a suspect to a security checkpoint before the gun duel ensued.

‘Unfortunately, bullets hit the fuel tank of the Toyota Venza Sedan carrying the men, and it was razed down. Two innocent passers-by were injured and taken to hospital. The Command sues for calm to allow for investigations into the incident.’

Ikenga stated that Joint Security Forces had been deployed to ensure that Nnewi would be calm throughout the burial ceremonies of the late Senator.

It will be recalled that an unidentified man thought to be working with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, had in a voice note which went viral, warned against the burial of Ifeanyi Ubah anywhere in Igbo Land for, according to him, betraying their incarcerated leader, Nnamdi Kanu. He had threatened that his group would exhume the corpse of Ubah if it was buried in his home, while making Nnewi uncomfortable for all.

*SP Tochukwu Ikenga*

Police Public Relations Officer,

Anambra State Police Command.

Awka.

*20th November 2024*

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