The identity of the two policemen could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report but our reporter gathered the hoodlums killed a police inspector and a corporal who were on duty on Tuesday.
The cause of the hoodlums’ grievances which led to the killing of the two policemen could not be ascertained as elders and indigenes of the area claimed no knowledge of the violence.
The community had in recent time warned oil firms to stay out of their area owing to marginalisation and non-adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding reached between the community and the oil firms.
A traditional ruler in the area, Chief M.W. Ujile, told our correspondent that he saw the situation as it is.
He added that he did not know what might have propelled the hoodlums to take such drastic measures against the police.
His words: “The situation is just as you have said. We don’t know what actually happened.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Cordelia Nwawe, ASP, confirmed the killing of the two policemen to our reporter.
ASP Nwawe decried the killing, saying it was uncalled for.
According to her, the police are in Eastern Obolo just as in any other places in the country to protect lives and property. She noted that the hoodlums by killing the two policemen, they had gone just too far.
She said: “It is sad for anyone to vent anger on policemen who are there to protect lives and property. We condemn the actions of the hoodlums. The police, will, however, fish out the culprits.