Police Resist Gunmen Attack at Anambra Station

…The hoodlums threw a petrol bomb into the station, which ignited the fire and affected the roof of an old building in the station.

Police Operatives attached to Abagana Police Station resisted gunmen’s attack on their station and forestalled the attackers from gaining entrance to the Police facility.

The gunmen had earlier attacked Anambra State Vigilante Operatives on patrol, murdered two of their operatives, and on approaching Abagana Police Station, started shooting sporadically to gain entrance to the Police Station. 

The Police Operatives engaged the armed men in a gun duel, due to the superior fire of the police and in a bid for the gunmen to flee the scene, threw a petrol bomb into the station, which ignited the fire and affected the roof of an old building in the station. The fire service operatives responded swiftly and put off the fire. 

Meanwhile, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, PPRO Anambra State Police Command who confirmed the incidence to ANN stated that patrols have been intensified in the area and within the state.

ANN recalls that Anambra Police operatives also averted a planned arsonist attack on the anti-cult unit, Obosi, Idemili South LGA, and recovered unexploded explosives and other dangerous materials. 

The hoodlums came in three unmarked vehicles, a highlander, one Toyota Sienna, and one Toyota Corolla started shooting sporadically and threw petrol bombs in the station. The operatives stood firm, engaged the criminals and thwarted the  planned damage to the buildings in the formation.