Africa Press-Nigeria:
The Police in Ebonyi says it has arrested a youth gang for allegedly killing a police officer attached to a Chinese mining company in the state.
DSP Loveth Odah, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Abakaliki.
Odah said that the deceased officer’s AK-47 rifle was also recovered.
“On April 25, the Site Manager of Tongyl Mining Company, Mkpumakwuokuko Izzi LGA of Ebonyi, Mr Joel Osaghele, reported that a youth gang from the area attacked them.
“Osaghele, who was in company of a Chinese national, reported that the gang attacked them alongside three mobile police escorts, as they were moving the company’s property from the site to Abakaliki.
“He said that the gang led by one Ikechukwu Okanga, used logs to barricade the road at ‘four corner junction’ and it took the intervention of the village head, Mr Sunday Nwamini for the company’s vehicles to pass,” he said.
The PPRO said that the youths re-grouped and ambushed the company’s vehicles at ‘Opefia’ junction and attacked the mobile policemen.
