By Goodluck Ikiebe.
A team of Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps; comprising of an Officer, a driver as well as two other staff on patrol operations have been attacked by unknown gunmen leading to the death of two personnel with one sustaining severe injuries on Sunday in Anambra state.
The FRSC spokesman, Bisi Kazeem, said the Patrol team was conducting routine patrol operations on Sunday, about 2:45 p.m along Igbo-Uku- Uga route when the armed men opened fire at them.
“Two of the Corps personnel were killed with one escaping into the bush and the team leader rushed to the hospital after sustaining severe injuries from the attack”, he said.
The Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, who was visibly touched, decried the attack while condoling with the families of the deceased staff, the Unit Commander and Staff of Igbo-Uku Command, and the entire Management and Staff of the Corps over the losses and prayed for their souls to rest in peace.
Oyeyemi also assured that the Corps was already working with the Nigerian Police Force and other relevant Security agencies to ensure that the perpetrators of this wicked act are arrested and allowed to face the full weight of the law.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
