Three security aides attached to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State lost their lives when gunmen in the Southeast attacked in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Friday.

Per reports, the three policemen who succumbed to injuries after their vehicle was set ablaze were from the department of Explosive Ordinance Device, (EoD), Delta State Police Command, Asaba.

The officers were an advance team of Governor Okowa, who is the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The names of the men who lost their lives were given as Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh.

A source who recounted what transpired revealed that the assailants intercepted the policemen at about 1.30 pm at Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State and set their vehicle ablaze.

Two of the men were indigenes of Agbor, Delta State.

“Four officers were in the vehicle but one was on mufti (not in uniform) so he was freed while the three in uniform were killed.

“The Escort commander from the Government House, Asaba, was sent to bring their corpses and deposit them in a mortuary in Asaba”, the source shared.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) of Anambra State Command, Ikenga Tochukwu, stated that the command is determined to bring those responsible to book.

“We got distress calls and we rushed to the scene of the incident.

“The policemen who were killed are from the Delta state command and were in transit as at the time of the incident.

“But I can assure you that the State commissioner of police, Anambra, is very poised to bring to book the criminals behind the dastardly act.”

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