Robbers kill two policemen, civilian in Aba   
Written by Anayo Okoli     
Thursday, 09 April 2009

ABA—TWO Mobile policemen and a civilian said to be a member of a vigilante group were killed Tuesday, at Ogbor Hill area of Aba,  the commercial city of Abia state, by gunmen believed to be armed robber. The incident which took place between 6am and 6.30am, has jolted the residents of the area on the busy Ikot Ekpene road.

Accounts of the incidence pieced together,  indicates that the armed robbers operated from a bus and robbed traders  who were going to the market early in the money and in a bid to escape, ran into  policemen and opened fire on them, killing  two in the process.

When Vanguard contacted, the spokesman of Abia state Police Command, Mr. Ali Okechukwu, an ASP, he confirmed the incident,  but added that he does not have full details of the attack yet, 

But surprisingly,  the area Commander in Aba, James Ogbonna, an Assistant Commissioner of police could not volunteer any information, saying he heard of the attack just as the reporter did.

Meanwhile, the extortion by policemen on the old Aba-Umuahia road has continued unabated, as the policemen now openly collect money from motorists, without any fear.

Commercial motorists, according to Vanguard investigation,  pay at every checkpoint on the road, which has no less than 15 police checkpoints. Although the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edgar Nanakumo had at a recent press briefing said that he had warned his officers and men against extortion from motorists, from all indications,  that warning seems to had no impact, as the policemen brazenly extort money from motorists on the road.


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No be today these people have been killing our policemen

South East is now police killer zone...