Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Native Authorities Space of Anambra State.
The Police Public Relations Officer for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in an announcement on Friday.
Ikenga, a Superintendent of Police, mentioned two safety operatives sustained gunshot accidents in a gun duel and have been receiving medical remedy.
He recognized the victims as police personnel and a member of the Anambra State Vigilante Group.
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“In the course of the gun duel, one police personnel and one AVG Operative sustained gunshot accidents and are at present responding to remedy in a hospital,” he mentioned.
“Sadly, the 2 operational automobiles belonging to the AVG have been caught up in hearth and razed down fully.”
In keeping with the assertion, the gunmen have been intercepted on Thursday on the Umuchu- Amesi-Uga Highway.
Recovered from them was one branded blue Hilux car, suspected to have been snatched from an unsuspecting member of the general public
“Throughout search performed within the car, coolers for meals preservation have been discovered. The Armed males have been trailed after Police operatives resisted an assault on a Police Checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Native Authorities Space,” the police spokesman added.
He acknowledged that joint operations are nonetheless ongoing within the space and additional developments could be communicated.
Anambra is among the South-Japanese states which have been witnessing collection of assaults by gunmen suspected to be Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Japanese Safety Community (ESN).
Different states are Abia, Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi.
Regardless of the presence of safety operatives, the gunmen have continued to launch assaults in addition to declare sit-at-home order on Mondays which have made the area lose billions of naira.
It’s nonetheless not clear if the newest assault in Anambra was carried out by IPOB/ESN.
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