The
Commissioner of Police in Imo, Chris Ezike, said he had recommended posthumous
promotion for two police officers who died while repelling robbery attack on a
branch of Zenith Bank in Imo State.
Mr. Ezike told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
in Owerri that another policeman, Otu Attang, who survived the Feb. 22, 2017
attack, would also be promoted with the deceased officers, Messrs Chukwudi
Iboko and Sunday Agbo.
Four armed men on that day, trailed a man to
the bank in Owerri, and in the process, attacked police officers attached to
the place.
In the gun battle, the policemen killed one of
the robbers identified as Ikechukwu Okpara, but lost Messrs Iboko and Agbo.
Mr. Ezike said the recommendation followed the
huge sacrifice the three officers made to save the bank and its customers.
“The officers were gallant and showed serious
commitment during the robbery attack. Nigeria Police Force cannot abandon
them,” he said.
The commissioner also said the management of
the bank had undertaken to offer scholarship to the children of the deceased
officers.
He said three of the suspected armed robbers,
Justice Ogbonna, Abiye Charles and Okechukwu Nwanegbo, who attacked the bank,
had been arrested, adding that different types of arms were recovered from
them.
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