In the Enugu checkpoint ambush, gunmen killed four police officers.

Four police officers were shot by unidentified assailants in Enugu State’s Nkanu Local Government Area.

On Sunday evening, August 18, 2024, at the well-known Four Corner Junction in Ozalla, there was an attack.

The attackers reportedly opened fire on the policemen while they were performing a stop-and-search at a checkpoint.

A police patrol car is burning next to the lifeless body of an officer on the highway, as shown in a video that has gone viral on social media.

Dr. Frank Nweke Jr., a former minister of information, has denounced the attack in the meantime.

“Earlier today, police officers on duty at the Four Corner Junction on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway were attacked by a group of alleged unknown gunmen, terrifying the Ozalla community in Nkanu West LGA, Enugu. Additionally, a fire destroyed their patrol vehicle,” he said in a statement on X.

My sympathies are with the bereaved families as well as the men and officers of the Enugu Police Command. Nobody should have to die in such a horrible way while only carrying out their duties to keep the public order and protect the citizens.