8-year-old, police officer injured in Ebonyi attack

The Ebonyi police command says an eight-year-old baby was wounded in an attack on a construction company in Ikwo LGA of the state.

Loveth Odah, the command’s public relations officer, told NAN on Saturday in Abakaliki that the incident happened on Friday.

Odah said that the mobile police officers attached to the company repelled the attack.

She, however, said one police officer was injured while one of the gunmen was killed. 

“One of the hoodlums was killed, while others escaped with bullet injuries during the gun duel. A police officer was injured and in critical condition at a hospital”, She said. 

“The hoodlum came on a motorcycle to the construction site in Ikwo community and started shooting sporadically in an attempt to kidnap a site supervisor, Mr Derry Gee, who is 34 years old.

“Thank God, the mobile police officers attached to the company were able to repel the attack.

“The wounded police officer was hit by a bullet on his leg. Unfortunately and regrettably, an eight-year-old baby around the area was fatally wounded.

“The command is massively investigating the matter. The state CID is already on top of the matter, and possibly the hoodlums will be arrested.”

Two days, an operative of the Ebube Agu security network was also killed by gunmen.

Another Ebube Agu personnel had earlier been killed in his house in Ezza north LGA of the state on March 23.

In January, an operative of the security network was beheaded by gunmen in his home. The police later arrested two persons over their alleged involvement in the crime.