…Joint security forces recover five unexploded improvised explosives
The Joint Security Forces comprising of the Police, Army, Navy, Civil defence and other Security Agencies recover five unexploded improvised explosives and are on the trail of arsonist and armed successionist group members.
Two of the Police Operatives on duty during the gun battle in a bid to resist the assailants from causing more havoc, paid the supreme price.
Their bodies have been recovered and taken to the morgue.
Angel Network News (ANN) gathered that the hoodlums in the early hours of Monday 16th September 2024 attacked the Umunze Police Station.
According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga,
Police Public Relations Officer,
Anambra State Command, the suspected armed group invaded the Police facility with improvised explosives, shooting sporadically and fire caught part of the Station.
Anambra Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam visited the scene, on a spot assessment to reinforce and reassess security deployment, calls on anyone who has any information that will aid the investigation to come forward.
CP Itam while speaking also assures utmost confidentiality to any such information in this regard, please.
