The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed that Afikpo town was on Friday invaded by suspected militants.
Mr George Okafor, the command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), saying that the militants came from Ikoro-uko area of Cross River State.
He said the 20 militants came in two speed boats fitted with several General Purpose Machine guns and also possessed grenades among other sophisticated weapons.
"We feel they are militants reacting to the Federal Government’s revocation of the pipeline facilities protection contract hitherto handled by ex-militants.
They anchored at Okporikpo beach in Afikpo before launching their onslaught from the Ndibe and then Unwana beaches in the town,” he said.
"The CP has informed the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone Six and the Inspector General of Police on the development, as efforts are being made to arrest the perpetrators of this heinous crime,” he said.
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