BREAKING: Tension As US Embassy Officials Shot Dead In Southern State
- Some staff of the US Embassy in Nigeria have been gunned down by some unknown gunned down in the Ogboru LGA of Anambra state
- A source revealed that the officials were shot dead while on a humanitarian mission and plying through the said area
- The police have confirmed the incident, as well as the spokesperson of the US mission in Nigeria, adding that its personnel are working with the Nigerian security men on the investigation
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Some officials of the United States Embassy in Nigeria have been reportedly shot dead in the Ogboru local government area of Anambra state.
According to Daily Trust, the convoy of US embassy officials was attacked while plying through the area
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A source disclosed that the US staff were on a humanitarian mission to the community, while another source said that the officials who were attacked were trying to connect their destination through Ogbaru.
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The paper reported a security source that stated:
“At least four persons were killed in the attack while others sustained injuries. Troops have taken over the community.”
However, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack, while full details of the tragedy were yet to be made available as of the time of writing this report but did not give details of the attack.
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According to Ikenga, the details of the attack were still sketchy, while promising to get back to the newsmen.
Meanwhile, the US mission in Nigeria has confirmed the attack, adding that its personnel are working with the security agencies in Nigeria in order to unravel the inhuman act.
The spokesperson of the commission, in his reaction, further reiterated that the security of its staff was paramount, and the mission had been taking caution when organising trips to the field.
Court orders Anambra govt to release officials indicted by EFCC for corruption
Legit.ng earlier reported that a federal high court sitting in Awka, the Anambra state capital, has ordered Governor Charles Soludo to release members of his cabinet accused of money laundering to EFCC for investigation.
The court dismissed the suit filed by the Anambra state government over a lack of factual and forensic metric.
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the court ruled that the EFCC is both the federal and state government agency by judicial standards as far as corruption and economic crimes are concerned.
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