Department of State Services (DSS) has vowed to track perpetrators and bring them to justice after the loss of its personnel in a clash with Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday at Emene, Enugu State.
The secret police said its patrol team was attacked by members of the organization which led to the death of two operatives.
A statement issued by DSS stated that the two personnel died “in what was clearly an unprovoked violent attack launched by IPOB on the team.”
Its spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya said “DSS wishes to inform the public that its patrol team was, today, August 23, 2020, attacked in Emene, Enugu State by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“The service lost two personnel in what was clearly an unprovoked violent attack launched by IPOB on the team.”
It added “All measures have been put in place to ensure that their killers and everyone involved in this dastardly act are promptly apprehended and brought to justice.
“Consequently, a full-scale investigation will be carried out with regard to the incident. The service hereby condoles with families of the departed officers and also prays for the repose of their souls.”
Eyewitnesses claimed that trouble started about 7.00 a.m when some security operatives stormed an IPOB gathering at Community Secondary School in Emene and attempted to disperse the group and make arrests.
According to report, a dozen patrol vans loaded with well-armed security agents comprising police, army and DSS arrived the scene and reportedly opened fire on IPOB members.
The encounter was said to have turned bloody when members of the pro-Biafran group overpowered the security agents and went ahead to sack Emene Police Station.
Individuals who were on their way to church had to flee for their lives in the cause of the chaos as fumes from tear gas canister filled the atmosphere.
Sounds of gunfire and teargas fumes filled the axis between St. Patrick Secondary School and St. Joseph Catholic Church along Old Abakaliki Road.
