Two Police officers have been killed and three others are unconscious following a clash between Police operatives and members of the proscribed Islamic movement of Nigeria IMN) popularly known as Shiite in Wuse area of Abuja on Sunday.
Spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the attack, describing it as unprovoked while accusing the group of destroying three Police patrol vehicles.
According to Adeh, the IMN members attacked some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the FCT Command at Wuse junction by traffic light.
The attacks wielded machetes, improvised explosive devices, and knives, and also set three police patrol vehicles blaze.
“The proscribed organisation attacked the police checkpoint unprovoked”, Adeh said.
“Several arrests have been made, and the Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, condemns the unprovoked attack on Police officers. He promised to bring those involved to book”.
Added added that the situation is currently under control, and normalcy has been restored.
The attack is the latest in a series of violents involving the Shiite group, which has been banned in Nigeria since 2019 by the federal government.
-9News Nigeria.
