Policeman feared dead as youths attacked checkpoint

By Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba

A policeman was feared dead after armed youths attacked four policemen at a checkpoint in Asaba metropolis, The Nation has learnt.

About four policemen were also said to have been hospitalized following life threatening injuries allegedly sustained during attack.

It was said that the incident caused panic at Mosaic Junction as armed policemen raided the area.

The hoodlums who were armed with cutlasses and other objects were said to have dispossessed policemen who were mounting checkpoint at the popular Moziac Junction along the Asaba/Onitsha road of the state capital.

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The incident occurred on Wednesday October 30, 2019 at about 9:20pm.

Eyewitness said that four service guns belonging to the police including two AK47 were carted away by the hoodlums numbering about 12.

It was gathered that one of the policemen was alleged to have died of the injury sustained during the incident.

An Asaba resident said, “We don’t know how it happened, but the hoodlums numbering eleven macheted some policemen with four sustaining life threatening injuries. The policemen were rushed to hospitals through the assistance of residents of the area.

“One of them was in coma at the time they were rushed to hospitals. We learnt that the officer died but you have to clarify from the police authorities.”

It will be recalled that hoodlums attacked a team of policemen who were on a stop-and-search duty in Asaba, in April this year carting away two service rifles in the encounter.

There has been an upsurge in crime rate in Asaba and other parts of the state.

Younger sister to the wife of the Delta State Governor,Mrs Edith Okowa, Elizabeth and a lawyer, Mr Chike Onyemenam (SAN)  were recently abducted.

Contacted, the Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke said: “I am on leave, call the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO)”

Several calls to the mobile phone of police spokesman, Onome Onowakpoyeya did not go through as her numbers were switched off.