Recall that on Tuesday, armed men ambushed a convoy of diplomats conveying representatives of the US Embassy to Anambra on a humanitarian trip.
The Nigeria Police Force has charged the US Embassy with entering the volatile Anambra State and a neighborhood in the southeast of Nigeria without a security pass, where gunmen killed its workers.
On Tuesday, armed men ambushed a convoy of diplomats conveying representatives of the US Embassy to Anambra on a humanitarian trip.
Four individuals were slain by the gunmen at the Amiyi-Eke Ochuche axis in the Ogbaru council area, including two police officers.
The perpetrators lit fire to the victims' dead corpses.
Tochukwu Ikenga, a spokesman for the Anambra police command, issued a statement Tuesday night. "The command regrets that a convoy of such or any related will enter the state without recourse to the local police or any security agency," he said in response to the incident.
The attack was acknowledged by the US government, which also said it was looking into the matter.
"We confirm there was an incident on May 16 in Anambra State. U.S. Mission Nigeria personnel are working with Nigerian security services to investigate,†a statement by the U.S. Department.
Anambra is notable for its brutal murders, many of which are ascribed to unidentified gunmen. The Eastern Security Network (ESN) and the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) have frequently been held responsible for similar attacks by security officials.
"The hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives and two staff of the consulate and set their bodies ablaze alongside their vehicles,†the police statement explained. “Also, the arsonist/murderers, on sighting the responding joint security forces, abducted two police operatives, the driver of the second vehicle and took to their heels. No U.S. citizen was in the convoy.â€
According to sources, the gunmen's truck was inscribed with UNICEF.