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The government says it is deeply saddened by this development ,urging the security agencies to do everything possible to unravel those behind the attack.

While they were along the Ihiala/Isseke/Orlu Road, they ran into the hoodlums who opened fire on them killing three of them while the other one managed to escape. According to the Commissioner, the policemen were traveling as an advance team to meet up with the governor at the scheduled Abia State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign on Friday. The Delta State Information Commissioner Charles Aniagwu confirmed the attack on Saturday in a press briefing in Asaba.

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“We ask their immediate families to take heart. “The security we are asking for is not just for the elections. Ifeanyi Okowa, has commiserated with the state police command and families of the three police officers killed by unknown gunmen in Anambra State. “As a government in Delta, we will be with their families in their trying moments and we will also take steps to seek justice on their behalf by impressing upon security agencies to take steps to unravel those who have caused this pain that is in our heart today,” Aniagwu explained. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr. “We are pleading with them to sheath their swords and begin to allow that love of which the people of the South-east have been known for over the years, so that as a people, we will continue to coexist.

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“They were ambushed along the Ihiala-Orlu Road en route to Umuahia by non-state actors, who eventually killed three of them in police uniform while the one on mufti escaped. “The officers met their untimely death while they were proceeding as an advanced team for the PDP national campaign rally in Abia. The cops, Inspectors Lucky Aleh; Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh, who were attached to the Explosives Ordinance Disposal Unit at the Government House, Asaba, were ambushed and killed on Friday by gunmen along Ihiala-Orlu Road, en route to Umuahia on official duty.

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The escort commander from the Government House, Asaba, was sent to bring their corpses and deposit in a mortuary in Asaba.” Daily Trust on Sunday also gathered through a police officer attached to the Anambra State Command, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, that the names of the three deceased police officers were Inspectors Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh. Daily Trust on Sunday gathered that three policemen from the Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD), Delta State Police Command, Asaba, attached to the state government house in Asaba, were killed in the incident.

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“We ask their immediate families to take heart. So that as a people, we will continue to coexist. “The security we are asking for are not just for the purpose of the elections. That way development will take place in the South East. “We are pleading with them to sheath their swords and begin to allow that love of which the people of the South East have been known for over the years. “We will plead with these our brothers to allow this kind of love that permeated the atmosphere in the time past in the South East, to continue to pervade that environment.

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“We ask their immediate families to take heart. “The security we are asking for are not just for the purpose of the elections. That way, development will take place in the South East. He said some accounts of the unfortunate incident trending on social media was untrue, adding that the state government delayed announcing their untimely death because efforts were being made to reach out to their families before making the announcement. “We are pleading with them to sheath their swords and begin to allow that love of which the people of the South East have been known for over the years, so that as a people, we will continue to coexist. “We will plead with these our brothers to allow this kind of love that permeated the atmosphere in the time past in the South East, to continue to pervade that environment.

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Good journalism costs a lot of money. The State Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, who briefed reporters on the issue on Saturday in Asaba, said the officers were ambushed and killed around 1.30 p.m. We should be able to have security at every given time; that way, we would have development. Mr Aniagwu prayed for the repose of the souls of the slain officers and for God to comfort their families. “The security we are asking for is not just for the purpose of the elections. “We are pleading with them to sheath their swords and begin to allow that love of which the people of the South-east have been known for over the years, so that as a people, we will continue to coexist.”