A combined team of the police and army have neutralised a five-member gang of unknown gunmen in Anambra State.
Our Correspondent gathered that the gang stormed the 33 Police Divisional Headquarters, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Oyi LGA, on Sunday at about 6 am.
The Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who confirmed the attack, disclosed that a vehicle, Ak47 rifles, charms and other items were recovered from the gunmen.
Ikenga also revealed that the gang stormed the police headquarters shooting indiscriminately in an attempt to gain entrance to the station but met heavy resistance from police officers attached to the station.
According to him: “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, recovered two Ak-47 rifles, one Toyota Sienna vehicle with Reg No Abuja ABC 848 EQ, charms and other incriminating items, in response to a distress call on an attack at 33 Police Divisional Headquarters, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Oyi LGA.”
