(Breaking News) 50 armed men attack Enugu State Government House

Armed attack by about 50 young men on Government House, Enugu
in the early hours of yesterday was repelled by security operatives
attached to the state seat of power.
There was heavy shooting by the security operatives comprising
policemen, men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,
NSCDC, and soldiers who prevented the assailants from gaining
entry into the official residence of Governor Sullivan Chime.
One of the invaders was shot dead, three arrested while others
escaped. Several machetes were recovered from them.

Although the mission of the young men, who were said to be armed
with machetes and carrying flags with different inscriptions and
insignia belonging to some secret cults, was unknown, an eyewitness
said they arrived the Government House at about 4.30 am in buses.
They reportedly parked their vehicles and marched to the Government
House gate where they met security operatives.
The attackers were said to have told the security men to open the gate
claiming they were at the Government House on protest, but when
one the NSCDC officials opened the gate to ask why they decided to
come in the night, one of the invaders attacked him with machete and
tried to force the gate open for his colleagues to go in.
This attracted other security operatives in the Government House
who rushed out only to see many of attackers carrying machetes and
were giving orders to their colleagues to move into the Government
House.
The Chief Security Officer to Chime, Mr. Fidelis Ogarabe, DSP,
who rushed to the scene after he was alerted by his men, immediately
took control of the situation as the security operatives repelled the
invaders after hours of shooting.
The security operatives pursued the assailants from the Government
House premises into the Independence Layout. It was in the process
that three of the attackers were arrested while another was shot dead.
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Chime, Mr. Chukwudi
Achife, confirmed the attack, yesterday, saying vigilant security
personnel attached to the Government House Enugu early this
morning foiled an armed attack on the Government House.”
Achife narrated further: “The attack occurred when at about 4.30 am
a group of young men numbering about 50 and carrying machetes and
cutlasses invaded the Government House and tried to force their way
in.
“The attackers were immediately engaged by the security personnel
who shot dead one person and arrested three. One security personnel
was injured in the attack.
The governor’s spokesman added that the arrested persons along with
some of the weapons recovered (matchetes) have since been handed
over to the Enugu State Police Command for further investigations.
Meanwhile, the three suspects who were taken to the New Haven
Police station were later transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad office along the Enugu–Onitsha expressway.
The three suspects, sources said, identified themselves as natives of
Aguleri, Anambra East. Local Government Area of Anambra State.

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