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General News of Thursday, 4 February 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

3 police officers die, 10 others seriously injured after 'peacekeeping-mission'

The three police officers are attached to the Ebonyi Police Command The three police officers are attached to the Ebonyi Police Command

Three police officers attached to the Ebonyi Police Command were killed in a road accident at the Isieke Junction on Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway on Wednesday, January 3, 2021.

Confirming the incident in a telephone interview with journalists, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Aliyu said 10 other police officers sustained injuries.
“Yes, I am in the hospital now, we lost three officers while 10 others are under intensive care in the hospital," he said.

According to Garba, the accident happened while the officers were returning from a “peacekeeping-mission” after a communal crisis in Ezza-Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Pulse.ng said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a leadership tussle among members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the two communities degenerated into a communal crisis.