Ebonyi State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed that three officers were injured and two others missing when armed Ezza warriors numbering over sixty attacked their convoys in Effium Ohaukwu Local Council of the state.
 
The police operatives were returning from investigation activities in connection with the three missing engineers who were abducted in the same area on November 3, 2021 while on a ring road site project.
 
According to the police spokesperson, ASP Loveth Odah,  the operatives were in the company of Hon. Chinedu Awo,  a member Representing Ohaukwu North Constituency in the State House of Assembly,  who accompanied them to enable him dialogue with the warriors at Igbuduoke village in Effium/Ezza clan ‘the warring community.
 
She said: “On 28/11/2021 about 1340hrs, while Police operatives were returning from investigation activities in connection with the three missing engineers, who were abducted in the same area on November 3,  while on a ring road site project.

“The operatives were in the company of Hon. Chinedu Awo, a member Representing Ohaukwu North Constituency in the State House of Assembly, who accompanied the operatives to enable him to dialogue with the warriors at Igbuduoke village in Effium/Ezza clan ‘the warring community’ in Ohaukwu Local Council.
  
“They were ambushed by armed Ezza warriors numbering over sixty (60) who attacked them from all flanks but the operatives gallantly fought back, resulting in heavy casualties on the side of the attackers.

“However, DSP Bruno Chukwu and two others sustained bullet wound injuries and are currently responding to treatment, while two police officers by name, Sergeant Donatus Osugwu and Sergeant Thaddeus Ugoeze were suspected to have been abducted by the hoodlums as they were discovered missing in action.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Ebonyi State Command, Aliyu Garba led a convoy of about seven teams on reinforcement where they cordoned the forest and searched the village but could not see the missing officers nor the perpetrators.
 
“Efforts are in top gear to ensure that the perpetrators are tracked down and arrested.”