Gunmen kill two prison warders in Ebonyi.
Written by News Room on March 16, 2022
Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Ebonyi State, killing one police officer.
The Ebonyi State Police Command spokesperson, Loveth Odah, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the incident happened on Tuesday.
According to her, the Ebonyi Police Commissioner, Aliyu Garba, received a distress call from the NDLEA Commandant in the State at about 2:30 am on Tuesday informing him of the attack.
She said that the gunmen drove into the NDLEA headquarters in a Toyota four Runner Jeep, shooting sporadically at the men on duty.
While saying that two of the gunmen were also killed in the incident, Loveth added that some of the gunmen escaped with bullet injuries while two rifles (AK-49 and K2) with 140 K2 live ammunition, 30 AK-47 live ammunition, and 36 GPMP were recovered from the criminals.
Kevin Madu
