The Imo State Police Command have accused the Eastern Security Network of killing a female officer, Chinyere Obialor.
The ESN, which is an outfit of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, according to the public relations officer of the Imo police command, Michael Abattam, engaged officers of the police in a fierce gun battle, which got Obialor killed.
Abattam said, “We lost one of our officers, a female, in a fierce attack by the IPOB and their security wing known as Eastern Security Network (ESN).
“In the process of the gun battle, they abandoned one of their vehicles and ran. We are investigating the case to fish out the perpetrators.”
The Cable reported that, speaking with a witness, it was gathered that Obialor was killed after the gunmen ambushed the police at Ihitte junction on Owerri-Aba road.
The witness revealed that, “She was killed in a gun battle when criminals ambushed them at Ihitte junction on Owerri-Aba road. She was from Mgbidi in Oru-west LGA of Imo state.
“She was attached to the highway patrol team unit. The hoodlums abandoned their vehicles and took to their heels.”
