Anambra Joint Security Team on Thursday night resisted an attack by armed criminals at the Security checkpoint in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area.
Angel Network News (ANN) gathered that
two of the armed hoodlums were neutralized in the process.
According to SP. Tochukwu Ikenga,
Police Public Relations Officer Anambra State Command, one of the security operatives was fatally wounded, while one of the security operational vehicles was burnt by the bandits.
During the ensuing gun battle and due to the superior fire of the Joint security team, the criminals abandoned one of their operational vehicles, a Toyota Sienna and fled the scene.
The Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye Orutugu has condemned the act and viewed it as a test of ndi Anambra’s collective resolve to work with the security forces to dislodge and eliminate criminal elements in the State.
CP Orutugu assured that the Command will apprehend the perpetrators behind this unpatriotic act.
Calm has returned to the area and security reinforced with more armed operatives currently combing nearby bushes for possible arrest of the fleeing miscreants.
