Read the Press Release from the
commisioner of police, Anambra state
below…
Gentlemen of the press, I welcome you all to
this press conference today 6th August,
2017. The purpose of this briefing is to
intimate you on the shooting incident that
happened this morning. At about 6.30hrs of
today, 6th August 2017. I got a distress call
that gunmen had invaded St. philip Catholic
church Amakwa in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo LGA
while the mass was going on and shot at
worshipers. Police teams along with other
sister security agencies under my direct
supervision were deployed to the scene to
rescue the worshippers. Victims were
evacuated to the hospital, and the hospital
authority has confirmed 11 persons dead,
and 18 injured as a result of the shooting.
The Executive governor of the state visited
the scene while I was there, and assured the
injured persons of his support in offsetting
the medical bills and that the full wrath of
law will be visited on the perpetrators. The
Command under my watch will leave no
stone unturned in locating and prosecuting
those behind the massacre of innocent
worshippers.
The Command assures Ndi Anambra and the
general public that the Police is on top of the
situation and will locate and prosecute the
perpetrators soon. Intelligence report/
Preliminary investigation shows that the
incident is as a result of a feud between two
individuals who are from the community but
who live outside Nigeria, one of the
individual we learnt, built the church where
the incident occurred. It is definitely not a
terrorist attack in the mould of boko haram
or fulani herdsmen attack.
The Command views this dastardly act as
sacrilegious but for now considers it still
premature to disclose the identities of those
involved in the act. The Command will brief
the public after investigation is concluded. I
commiserate with all those who lost their
loved ones from this unfortunate incident
and pledge that the command would not
rest on its oars until the perpetrators are
apprehended to face justice. I want to also
encourage Ndi Anambra to be vigilant and
to report strange and suspicious movement
of persons and actions in their locality to the
security agencies promptly, please. Thanks
and God bless.
CP GARBA BABA UMAR psc
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ANAMBRA STATE
