How Two Police Checkpoints Came Under Gun Fire

The police has told of how two of its checkpoints within Enugu outskirts came under gun fire on  Wednesday evening.

The public Relations Officer for the Enugu Command of the Nigeria Police, Assistant Superintendent of Police ( ASP)  Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the attack in a release.

In the release, he said: “Information surrounding shooting incidents in the evening hours of today, July 21, where police operatives were allegedly attacked by yet-to-be identified gunmen at checkpoints in  Obeagu-Amechi in Enugu South LGA and Amagunze in Nkanu East LGA are still sketchy.

“Meanwhile, preliminary investigations have commenced. Further development will be communicated, please,’’ he said.

According to an eyewitness, the attack at the checkpoints started around 6p.m.

He said that both gun fire attacks lasted for over an hour; thus, making all road users, shops and those living along the Amaechi-Agbani Road to scamper for safety.

He also said that some people might had been hit by stray bullet in the ensuing long drawn gun battle between police operatives and the yet-to-be identified gunmen during the incident.

In a related incident, an 18-seater commercial bus crashed yesterday in Kwara, killing 10 passengers, as Muslim faithful celebrated Eid el-Kabir.

The accident happened around Iyemoja in the Olooru-Okolowo area of Ilorin-Jebba Expressway in Moro local government area.

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) blamed it on reckless driving.

Sector Commander of the Corps Jonathan Owoade said other victims of the crash suffered various degrees of fracture.

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He gave the registration number of the commercial vehicle as LND 742XK, saying that the rescue team took the injured persons to Ayo Hospital, Okolowo and the state General Hospital, Ilorin for medical attention.

The FRSC boss also said that the bodies were deposited at the morgue of General Hospital, Ilorin.