The PUNCH reports that four staff members of the United States Embassy in Nigeria were shot dead in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state following an attack on their vehicle on Tuesday.
The PUNCH gathered that the convoy of embassy officials who were on a humanitarian mission in the state came under fire while they were passing through the area.
This was disclosed by the US National Security Council Spokesperson, John Kirby
Kirby said, “I just got informed about a whole lot before coming out here to talk to you all. Just looks like a US convoy vehicle was attacked.”
”What I can tell you is that no US citizens were involved and therefore there were no US citizens hurt. But we are aware of some casualties, perhaps even some killed.”
ThePolice Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, Tobechukwu Ikenga, in a statement, disclosed that no citizen of the US was in the convoy.
“The Joint Security Forces have embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of the U S Consulate on Tuesday along Atani, Osamale Road.
“The hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies and vehicles ablaze. Also, the arsonist/murderers on sighting the responding joint security forces abducted two Police operatives, the driver of the second vehicle and took to their heels. No U S citizen was in the convoy,” he said.
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