{"id":92407,"date":"2023-07-18T21:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-confirm-attack-on-enugu-division-say-gunmen-repelled"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:41:15","slug":"police-confirm-attack-on-enugu-division-say-gunmen-repelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-confirm-attack-on-enugu-division-say-gunmen-repelled","title":{"rendered":"Police confirm attack on Enugu division, say gunmen repelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the attack on a Divisional Police in the State.<\/p>\n<p>The Isi-Uzo Divisional Police came under attack on Tuesday morning by unknown gunmen who reportedly carted away arms and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement made available by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu Police Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, he blamed the attack on members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network, ESN.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ndukwe, \u201cTactical Police Operatives of the Command are on the trail of armed hoodlums, suspected to be members of the outlawed IPOB\/ESN group, who in their numbers today, 18\/07\/2023, at about 4.30am, attempted to attack Isi-Uzo Police Division of the Command, but were repelled by Police Operatives on duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the miscreants escaped with gunshot wounds, while one (1) of the Operatives who sustained a gunshot wound is receiving treatment and in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther development shall be communicated, please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the attack on a Divisional Police in the State. The Isi-Uzo Divisional Police came under attack on Tuesday morning by unknown gunmen who reportedly carted away arms and ammunition. In a statement made available by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu Police Command, DSP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,662,254,165],"class_list":["post-92407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-enugu","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police confirm attack on Enugu division, say gunmen repelled - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the attack on a Divisional Police in the State. 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