BREAKING: US Embassy Officials, two cops ambushed, killed burnt in Anambra

By Joseph Ologeh

A United States Embassy Vehicle was attacked in Nigeria while on a humanitarian mission in Anambra State. The convoy was ambushed, sources said.

Four people including two US officials were killed by gunmen late on Tuesday in the Amiyi/Eke Ochuche Communities in Ogbaru LGA.

The reason for the attack is yet to be confirmed, sources claim told Irohinoodua that the US officials were on humanitarian mission in Anambra State.

Sources said the armed men ambushed the convoy on their way to where some of the residents in the community had gathered and were waiting to receive medical treatment from the UNICEF Officials.

“We were waiting to receive medical materials. Some armed men we heard ambushed the team and opened fire. They killed two US officials and two policemen”

Another source told the media “They were ambushed and about four of them were gunned down, while others sustained various degrees of injuries as they escaped with their vehicle that has the inscription, UNICEF.

“Among the victims were whites and blacks officials who were on a medical outreach to the rural riverine areas” the source said.

The spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, realeased a statement saying,
“The joint security forces have embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of US Consulate today May 15, 2023 by 3:30 pm along Atani, Osamale road.
“The hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies set ablaze alongside their vehicles.

The statement made available to Irohinoodua stated “Also, the arsonist/murderers on sighting the responding joint security forces abducted two police operatives, the driver of the second vehicle and took to their heels. No U S citizen was in the convoy
“The command, while reacting to the situation regrets that a convoy of such or any related will enter the state without recourse to the police in the area or any security agency, assured that the battle against the insurgents in the State is focused and it will remain sustained until such a time security stability is fully restored. Further details shall be communicated, please.”

BREAKING: US Embassy Officials, two cops ambushed, killed burnt in Anambra

By Joseph Ologeh

A United States Embassy Vehicle was attacked in Nigeria while on a humanitarian mission in Anambra State. The convoy was ambushed, sources said.

Four people including two US officials were killed by gunmen late on Tuesday in the Amiyi/Eke Ochuche Communities in Ogbaru LGA.

The reason for the attack is yet to be confirmed, sources claim told Irohinoodua that the US officials were on humanitarian mission in Anambra State.

Sources said the armed men ambushed the convoy on their way to where some of the residents in the community had gathered and were waiting to receive medical treatment from the UNICEF Officials.

“We were waiting to receive medical materials. Some armed men we heard ambushed the team and opened fire. They killed two US officials and two policemen”

Another source told the media “They were ambushed and about four of them were gunned down, while others sustained various degrees of injuries as they escaped with their vehicle that has the inscription, UNICEF.

“Among the victims were whites and blacks officials who were on a medical outreach to the rural riverine areas” the source said.

The spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, realeased a statement saying,
“The joint security forces have embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of US Consulate today May 15, 2023 by 3:30 pm along Atani, Osamale road.
“The hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies set ablaze alongside their vehicles.

The statement made available to Irohinoodua stated “Also, the arsonist/murderers on sighting the responding joint security forces abducted two police operatives, the driver of the second vehicle and took to their heels. No U S citizen was in the convoy
“The command, while reacting to the situation regrets that a convoy of such or any related will enter the state without recourse to the police in the area or any security agency, assured that the battle against the insurgents in the State is focused and it will remain sustained until such a time security stability is fully restored. Further details shall be communicated, please.”