News
Police confirms attack on Anambra divisional headquarters
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the attack on its Ajali divisional headquarters in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state by heavily armed men.
Unknown gunmen had on Thursday afternoon attacked the Ajali police station and killed several police operatives.
They also set the facility on fire.
Footage of the attack that surfaced on social media showed the building on fire with people suspected to be detainees trapped inside.
The attack came just two days after Dr. Chike Akunyili, the widower of the late former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dora Akunyili, was killed by gunmen in the state.
The command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Awka, was however silent on the number of casualties of the attack.
READ ALSO: Policemen killed, others trapped as gunmen attack Ajali police station in Anambra
He said: “The Commissioner of Police noted that today, 30th September 2021, some yet to be identified heavily armed men stormed the Ajali Divisional Headquarters of the state and fired sporadically at police personnel on duty.
“They were, however, promptly engaged by the police officers before they fled the scene. Unfortunately, two police personnel and a civilian sustained gunshot wounds while a patrol vehicle went in flames and the police station was partly torched.”
He said joint team of police and military personnel immediately trailed the fleeing attackers and intercepted them along Oko Ajali road before they escaped with gunshot wounds.
“The operatives recovered a highlander jeep and two motorcycles,” Ikenga added.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...