An official of the
Department of State Services (DSS) was killed on Friday during an attack on
security personnel in Omoku, Ogba/Ndoni/Egbema local government area of Rivers
state.
Omoku is the community
where Franklin Obi, ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was
beheaded, while his wife and son were also killed.
According to Lazarus Eli,
assistant director of army public relations of 2nd brigade, Port Harcourt, the
deceased operative lost his life during a joint operation carried out by the
army, police and DSS.
Eli said the security
personnel engaged their attackers in a gun battle for hours, adding that
normalcy has been restored.
“A joint security team
consisting of the army, police and DSS while conducting patrol today at Egi in
Omoku community of Ogba/Ndoni/Egbema Local Government Area of Rivers State were
attacked by unknown gunmen,” he said in a ststement.
“The criminals engaged
the security team for several hours before they were eventually dislodged.
Sadly, a security agent lost his life in the unfortunate incident.
“Reinforcement has been
sent to beef up security in the area and normalcy has been restored.”
The
incident happened barely 24 hours after two soldiers were killed during an exchange of gunfire with suspected sea pirates in
the Akuku-Toru local government area of the state.
There has been tension
across the state over Saturday’s legislative rerun election.
- The Cable
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