The police spokesperson said the gunmen, on approaching Abagana Police Divisional Headquarters after attacking the vigilante...
Sources said the gunmen fired several gunshots during the attack, before setting the police facility ablaze.A resident, who simply identified himself as Jude, said about two vigilante operatives patrolling the community were killed during the attack by the gunmen, while many others sustained injuries.
The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, has confirmed the attack in a statement on Saturday and made available to PREMIUM TIMES. “The gunmen had earlier attacked Anambra State Vigilante Operatives on patrol, murdered two of their operatives,” he said. a police officer and a vigilante operative in Obosi, a community in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The gunmen also bombed a police anti-cult unit in the community during the attack.an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area and also attacked a Police Divisional Headquarters in Nnobi, another community in the same council area of the state, killing a 16-year-old boy and injuring a 15-year-old girl during the attack.
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