One Marine Police officer has been declared lacking, whereas two others sustained various levels of harm following assault on the operatives by armed hoodlums suspected to be Sea Pirates on Akwa Ibom coastal waters.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command confirmed the daring assault on its Marine Police Patrol Crew (MPPT) by suspected armed Sea Pirates alongside the Oron-Calabar waterways.
Spokesperson of the Command, DSP Timfon John, recalled that the patrol staff with fewer personnel, was ambushed by 24 armed Sea Pirates, explaining that the heavy gunfight that ensued resulted within the Police struggling some losses.
Based on her, the Commissioner of Police (CP), Baba Mohammed Azare, has swung into motion, and mobilising tactical operatives to work with different sister businesses together with the Nigerian Navy operatives, to comb in all places for the fleeing suspects with a view to apprehending and recovering the lacking officer.
“The patrol staff, throughout a routine operation, got here underneath heavy assault from the criminals, who have been armed and wearing navy camouflage. The assailants, numbering about 24, and working in three speedboats, tried to overpower our gallant officers in a gun duel.
“Regardless of their numerical benefit, our officers put up a courageous struggle however sustained losses. Regrettably, two officers, Inspector Sunday Usuyak, and Inspector Edet Enenyi, sustained gunshot accidents, and are receiving top-notch medical consideration. One officer, Inspector Udi Emenyi, is at the moment unaccounted for.
“The Akwa Ibom Police Command has swung into speedy motion, deploying a specialised search and rescue staff to trace and recuperate the lacking officer. The Nigerian Navy and different safety companies have been duly knowledgeable, and is collaborating with the Police for the operations.
“Let or not it’s unequivocally acknowledged that the Akwa Ibom Police Command will cease at nothing to make sure the perpetrators of this heinous act are apprehended and delivered to justice. Our waterways won’t be a secure haven for criminals,” the PPRO burdened and solicited intelligence from members of the civil society that might result in the arrest of prison parts of their neighbourhoods.
