22 suspects arrested over Oyigbo SARS Base Attack

*SARS station donated to Rivers State Police Command about two weeks ago by Oyigbo Community

BY IBRAHIM BAKARE

 22 suspects have been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command  in connection with the killing of One Policeman during the attack on the Station of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS and the burning of one of it’s official vehicle in Oyigbo, in Oyigbo local government area of Rivers State on October 1.

Speculations are rife that the attack may have been carried out by suspected outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

In a terse  statement by the SP Nnamdi Omoni, the Spokesman of the Command confirming the attack said:  “The incident is confirmed. Our SARS Office in Oyigbo was attacked. We lost one of our Personnel  and our Patrol Vehicle burnt. We have arrested 22 suspects in connection with the incident. Investigation is ongoing. We have also stabilized the area and security beefed up”

Photos of SARS station attacked with burnt Hilux and vandalized Sienna bus at Oyigbo in Rivers State on October 1.

However more facts have emerged that gunmen numbering over 50 dressed in black top and black trousers set ablaze a Toyota hilux, vandalized a Sienna bus parked in from of the attacked SARS Station.

According to emerging facts from Eyewitnesses, over 50 fully armed men decked in black and armed with dangerous weapons and Petrol bombs, stormed SARS station at about 12 am on October 1 and started shooting sporadically at Station.

Regretting the incident, the President of Oyigbo Youths Association, Victor Nwachukwu, said “At about 12 am on Independence day, men numbering over 50 wearing black attacked the SARS Office and in the process one Police Officer was killed. Immediately, I got the information I called the SARS  Commander to empathize with him. I also called neighbours who  narrated that they heard massive sporadic gun shots.” 

Spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command has neither confirmed or fingered any group of Thursday’s attack  until investigation is concluded.

Similarly, President of Oyigbo Youth Association, Victor Nwachukwu has exonerated indigenes of Oyigbo from the attack.

Nwachukwu on his part said a newly built SARS office was handed to the the State Police Command after consistent pleas to the Commissioner of Police to establish one due to persistent kidnapping and general insecurity in the area.