Security operatives injured, vehicles razed as gunmen attack police checkpoint in Anambra

Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North local government area of Anambra State, and injured two security operatives.

The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Awka.

He said the victims – a police officer and a member of the Anambra State Vigilante Group – sustained the injuries during a gun duel with the criminals.

The spokesman added that the two men are receiving treatment in a hospital in the state.

Ikenga revealed that the attackers also set ablaze two vehicles belonging to the vigilante group.

He said: “The gunmen were intercepted on Thursday on the Umuchu- Amesi-Uga Road.

“Recovered from them was one branded blue Hilux vehicle suspected to have been snatched from an unsuspecting member of the public.

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“During the search conducted in the vehicle, coolers for food preservation were found. The armed men were trailed after police operatives resisted an attack on a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area.

“During the gun duel, one police personnel and one AVG Operative sustained gunshot injuries and are currently responding to treatment in a hospital.

“Unfortunately, the two operational vehicles belonging to the AVG were caught up in fire and razed down completely.”

Anambra like other states in the South-East has witnessed several attacks by criminals masquerading as secessionist agitators in the last three years with policemen killed and properties valued at billions of naira destroyed during the period.

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