Police Begin Search For Killers Of Chinese In Ebonyi

The Ebonyi State police department has begun a manhunt for the killers of a Chinese man in a mining site in the State. 

The gunmen who assaulted the mining site close to the state's border with Benue are being investigated by the police in Ebonyi.

On Saturday, the assailants broke into the mining site and started shooting at the workers, killing a Chinese man.

The police officers securing the foreigner were reportedly disarmed by the gunmen.

SP Chris Anyanwu, the police department's public relations officer, provided an update on the incident, saying: "One of the policemen on duty sustained serious bullet injuries and is still receiving treatment."

Anyanwu demanded immediate disclosure of reliable information regarding the names and whereabouts of the offenders.

Steve Emenike, the chairman of the Izzi Local Government Area, called the murder "a national humiliation."

According to Emenike, the gunmen rode motorbikes to the mining site in the LGA's Otam Nwogba village.

The deceased's body has been placed in a morgue in Abakaliki, the administrative centre of Ebonyi.