Three Killed, Others Injured As Gunmen Attack Imo Community

AT LEAST THREE PERSONS HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED IN AN ATTACK IN ORLU, IMO STATE.

THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER IN THE STATE, MICHEAL ABATTAM, CONFIRMED THE ATTACK ON SUNDAY, SAYING THAT THE COMMAND RECEIVED A DISTRESS CALL THAT GUNMEN, WHO WERE OPERATING IN A RED TOYOTA SIENNA VEHICLE WITHOUT A REGISTRATION NUMBER, SPED OFF TO UMUEBELE OKPORO COMMUNITY IN ORLU.

ABATTAM SAYS THE GUNMEN STORMED THE AREA, SHOT AT SOME RESIDENTS WHO WERE HAVING A MEETING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, KILLING THREE PERSONS ON THE SPOT WHILE TWO OTHERS SUSTAINED VARIOUS DEGREES OF BULLET WOUNDS AND WERE RUSHED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

THE POLICE SPOKESMAN HOWEVER ASSURED THAT THE COMMAND IS WORKING WITH OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT THE PERPETRATORS OF THE DASTARDLY ACT ARE ARRESTED AND MADE TO FACE THE FULL WRATH OF THE LAW.

ON HIS PART, THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MOHAMMED BARDE, APPEALED TO IMO RESIDENTS TO GO ABOUT THEIR LAWFUL BUSINESSES WITHOUT FEAR OR MOLESTATION AS CALM HAS BEEN RESTORED IN THE COMMUNITY.

 

 

A STATE FACTIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), IN EBONYI STATE SILAS ONU, HAS ACCUSED TOCHUKWU OKORIE WHO IS ALSO STATE FACTIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE PDP OF CONNIVING WITH STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS BANK, TO CHANGE SIGNATORIES OF THE PARTY’S ACCOUNT AND WITHDRAWING OF OVER FIFTY MILLION NAIRA FOR HIS PERSONAL USE.

 

ONU WHO TOLD BLAZE FM CORRESPONDENT EMMANUEL NNAJI THIS IN EBONYI STATE ALLEGED TOCHUKWU OKORIE CONNIVED WITH SOME NONE STATE WORKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF PDP IN EBONYI STATE TO CHANGE HIS SIGNATURE AS THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PARTY’S TREASURER TO PERPETRATE THE ACT.

 

ONU SAYS OKOIRE MUST RETURN ALL MONIES HE ILLEGAL WITHDREW FROM THE PARTY’S ACCOUNT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT OR FACE THE WRATH OF THE LAW ON FORGERY AND STEALING.

 

WHEN CONTACTED BY OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, OKORIE, SAID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD DISREGARD ONU’S CLAIMS, SAYING THE WITHDRAWAL HE MADE WAS USED TO CONDUCT PDP PRIMARIES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH OF MAY 2022 IN EBONYI STATE.

 

 

OKORIE THEREFORE ACCUSED ONU, THE TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN FROM EBONYI NORTH AND CENTRAL,THE SECRETARY, AND THE PARTY’S WOMEN LEADER OF ILLEGALLY TRANSFERRING TEN MILLION NAIRA EACH TO THEIR ACCOUNTS FOR DOING NOTHING FOR PDP IN EBONYI STATE.

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THE SUSPECT, IN COMPANY OF TWO OF HIS GANG MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY AT LARGE, VANDALIZED THE THINKERS GUEST HOUSE TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT THINKERS CORNER, ENUGU, AND DRAINED THE TRANSFORMER OIL. THEIR TOOLS AND JERRICANS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.

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THE COMPANY’S SPOKESMAN SAID  THE ORGANIZATION HAS COMMITTED MILLIONS OF NAIRA RESTORING VANDALIZED INSTALLATIONS, A SITUATION HE DESCRIBED AS NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ITS CURRENT FINANCIAL POSITION.

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A SUSPECTED VANDAL IDENTIFIED AS SOLOMON IGWE, WAS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND BY SECURITY GUARDS,  OPERATING AT THINKERS CORNER AREA OF ENUGU, ENUGU STATE, FOR VANDALIZING A TRANSFORMER, PROPERTY OF THE ENUGU ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY PLC (EEDC).

THE SUSPECT, IN COMPANY OF TWO OF HIS GANG MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY AT LARGE, VANDALIZED THE THINKERS GUEST HOUSE TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT THINKERS CORNER, ENUGU, AND DRAINED THE TRANSFORMER OIL. THEIR TOOLS AND JERRICANS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.

SOLOMON GAVE THE NAMES OF HIS FLEEING GANG MEMBERS AS SUNDAY AND ONYEMA, WHILE HE NAMED ONE ONYEDIA OBASI, ALIAS BISHOP, AS THEIR MASTER.

THE HEAD OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, EEDC,  EMEKA EZEH, WHO MADE THIS KNOWN ON WEDNESDAY, IN ENUGU, CONFIRMED THAT THE APPREHENDED SUSPECT HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE POLICE AREA COMMAND, ENUGU, FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE PROSECUTION, WHILE THE FLEEING GANG MEMBERS ARE BEING TRAILED BY THE POLICE.

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IT WENT FURTHER TO DISCLOSE THAT VANDALS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR POWER GENERATION EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE SECTOR, WHICH HAS IMPACTED THE DAILY ENERGY ALLOCATION TO THE COMPANY, AND ITS SUPPLY AVAILABILITY TO CUSTOMERS.

WHILE COMMENDING THE EFFORT OF THE SECURITY GUARDS IN APPREHENDING THE SUSPECT, EEDC CALLS ON ITS CUSTOMERS TO BE MORE VIGILANT IN ENSURING THAT ELECTRICITY INSTALLATIONS SITED WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED AGAINST ATTACKS BY THESE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN THE SOCIETY, AND SAVE THEMSELVES THE STRESS OF BEING OUT OF POWER SUPPLY.

THE COMPANY’S SPOKESMAN SAID  THE ORGANIZATION HAS COMMITTED MILLIONS OF NAIRA RESTORING VANDALIZED INSTALLATIONS, A SITUATION HE DESCRIBED AS NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ITS CURRENT FINANCIAL POSITION.

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A SUSPECTED VANDAL IDENTIFIED AS SOLOMON IGWE, WAS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND BY SECURITY GUARDS,  OPERATING AT THINKERS CORNER AREA OF ENUGU, ENUGU STATE, FOR VANDALIZING A TRANSFORMER, PROPERTY OF THE ENUGU ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY PLC (EEDC).

THE SUSPECT, IN COMPANY OF TWO OF HIS GANG MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY AT LARGE, VANDALIZED THE THINKERS GUEST HOUSE TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT THINKERS CORNER, ENUGU, AND DRAINED THE TRANSFORMER OIL. THEIR TOOLS AND JERRICANS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.

SOLOMON GAVE THE NAMES OF HIS FLEEING GANG MEMBERS AS SUNDAY AND ONYEMA, WHILE HE NAMED ONE ONYEDIA OBASI, ALIAS BISHOP, AS THEIR MASTER.

THE HEAD OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, EEDC,  EMEKA EZEH, WHO MADE THIS KNOWN ON WEDNESDAY, IN ENUGU, CONFIRMED THAT THE APPREHENDED SUSPECT HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE POLICE AREA COMMAND, ENUGU, FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE PROSECUTION, WHILE THE FLEEING GANG MEMBERS ARE BEING TRAILED BY THE POLICE.

THIS ARREST IS COMING JUST FEW WEEKS AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LAMENTED THE INCREASING RATE AT WHICH ELECTRICITY INSTALLATIONS WITHIN ITS NETWORK ARE BEING ATTACKED BY VANDALS, AND CALLED FOR CUSTOMERS TO BE MORE VIGILANT.

THE COMPANY HAD SAID THAT THE COMPANY RECORDS CASES OF VANDALIZED SUBSTATIONS ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED MULTIPLE TIMES, LEAVING THE COMPANY IN PERPETUAL REPLACEMENT OF VANDALIZED PARTS OF THESE EQUIPMENT.

IT WENT FURTHER TO DISCLOSE THAT VANDALS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR POWER GENERATION EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE SECTOR, WHICH HAS IMPACTED THE DAILY ENERGY ALLOCATION TO THE COMPANY, AND ITS SUPPLY AVAILABILITY TO CUSTOMERS.

WHILE COMMENDING THE EFFORT OF THE SECURITY GUARDS IN APPREHENDING THE SUSPECT, EEDC CALLS ON ITS CUSTOMERS TO BE MORE VIGILANT IN ENSURING THAT ELECTRICITY INSTALLATIONS SITED WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED AGAINST ATTACKS BY THESE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN THE SOCIETY, AND SAVE THEMSELVES THE STRESS OF BEING OUT OF POWER SUPPLY.

THE COMPANY’S SPOKESMAN SAID  THE ORGANIZATION HAS COMMITTED MILLIONS OF NAIRA RESTORING VANDALIZED INSTALLATIONS, A SITUATION HE DESCRIBED AS NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ITS CURRENT FINANCIAL POSITION.

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