The convoy of Hon. Ginger Onwusibe,  member representing Isiala-Ngwa North and South Federal Constituency, Abia State,  was reportedly attacked on Sunday night and a policeman attached to him  feared dead, felled by the attackers bullets. The incident happened around 9pm at Ubakala, on the outskirts of the State capital, Umuahia 


 Dailyledger.com.ng quotes Police sources as confirming that a police officer was killed, while another officer was injured. The attackers fled the scene, and the police station at Ubakala responded with gunfire.


Attempts to contact the  Abia State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Command's reaction was unsuccessful. Police sources however said officers of the command are on the trail of the suspects it believes are kidnappers.