Six persons, including a police officer, di£d on Sunday morning, February 19, during an att@ck at a police station in Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi LGA of Anambra State.
This comes barely 24 hours after two att@cks were recorded at Ukpo and Ogidi area of the state, where three policemen were reportedly k#lled and soldiers inj¥red.
It was gathered that the g¥nmen, who were said to be over 50, stormed the station at around 3:30am and engaged police officers in a g¥n duel.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, said five armed men and one police operative attached to the station were k#lledduring the att@ck.
“The combined security team, made up of the Police and the military, today 19/2/2023 by 5:58 am, neutralized a gang of five armed men, recovers two Ak47 rifles, one Toyota Sienna vehicle with Reg No Abuja ABC 848 EQ, charms and other incriminating items, in a response to a distress call on an att@ck at 3 3 Police Divisional Headquarters, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Oyi LGA.
The notorious gang of five, armed with g¥ns, IEDs, and petrol b%mbs, started sh@@ting indiscriminately to gain entrance to the station and were engaged and resisted by gallant officers attached to the station.
During the g¥n duel, unfortunately, one police operative attached to the station was fatally w%unded and an office in the facility was partially affected by the petrol b%mb the armed men threw inside the station. Also, one patrol vehicle parked in front of the station was set abl@ze by the gunmen,” he said.
A video obtained shows the hoodlums also had all sorts of ‘juju’ ti£d around their waists and other parts of their bodies.
