No American Citizen Died In Anambra Attack – US Govt
The American government has made it clear that no citizens of the United States perished in the attack on the vehicle carrying consulate personnel on Tuesday along the Atani, Osamale Road in Anambra State, Nigeria.
John Kirby, the spokesperson for the US National Security Council, revealed this, saying, “I just got informed of a lot before coming out here to talk to you all. It appears as though a US convoy vehicle was targeted.
“What I can tell you is that there were no US citizens involved, and as a result, no US citizens were injured. On his YouTube account, he wrote, “But we are aware of some casualties, probably even some slain.
The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tobechukwu Ikenga also said no US citizen was in the convoy though four persons were killed in the attack.
“The Joint Security Forces have embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of U S Consulate today 16/5/2023 by 3:30 pm along Atani, Osamale Road,” he said in a statement.
“The hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies and vehicles ablaze. 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.”
The incident is the latest in a series of attacks in Anambra. In recent times, there have been targeted assaults on security and government facilities and high-profile people or organisations in the state.