Police officers have been shot dead in Anambra and their bodies burnt

Anambra State, Police said two of their officers have been shot dead and their bodies burnt by their attackers.

One officer is still missing, according to the statement issued to the media.

The slain officers were traveling in a vehicle with five other officers and three civilian drivers when they were ambushed by gunmen on Thursday in some community in Anambra, the police spokesperson in the state, Ikenga Tochukwu, said in a statement on Saturday.

“In the attack two police officers were killed and their bodies were burnt while one of the officers is still missing,” said Mr Tochukwu, a deputy superintendent of police.

A clip circulating on WhatsApp showed the armed men strutting around the corpses of two officers in the middle of a tarred road. Close to the corpses, were some discarded car tires.

“ESN! ESN! ESN! We are going! We are going!” One of the armed men is heard saying in the clip, indicating that the attack may have been carried out by the pro-Biafra group, IPOB (ESN is an armed wing of IPOB).

He said the other officers “fought their way out of the ambush” and were also able to rescue two out of the three civilian drivers.

Mr Tochukwu said the other officers “fought their way out of the ambush” and were also able to rescue two out of the three civilian drivers.

He said the armed men attacked a rescue team, hurling improvised explosive devices at police vehicles.