The Ebonyi State Police Command on Sunday confirmed attacks on a Police station by some residents of Effium and Ezza-Effium communities in the state.
This incident is coming on the heels of conflict between the two communities.
The police spokesman in the state, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Faleye Olaleye, as assuring that the police would continue to protect lives and properties in the affected area.
“The Commissioner of Police decries the spate of conflict in the area and warned aggressors to drop their arms or face the full wrath of the law.
“There has been an ongoing conflict in the area with the army, mobile policemen from within and outside the state permanently stationed there,’’ Onovwakpoyeya stated.
He expressed regret that police operatives were attacked in the renewed violence, which began on May 4.
“Fortunately, police repelled the attacks but in the ensuing gun duel, the colonial building used as a police station was razed.
“There was, however, no casualty on the part of the police or loss of arms and ammunition.
“Normalcy has returned to the area,’’ Onovwakpoyeya added.
The Police warned both parties to sheath their swords or face the wrath of the law.
The two communities engaged themselves in an imbroglio over the collection of motor park toll, which led to the loss of lives and the destruction of valuable properties.
The imbroglio also turned a once-ebullient Effium community in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi into a ghost town with several persons displaced.
