Fresh tension in Anambra as gunmen invade bomb police headquarters, kill senior officer

• An officer lost his life as unknown gunmen attacked the Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Anambra state
• According to reports making the rounds on Tuesday, the hoodlums, in large numbers, invaded the police facility in the morning and threw explosives at the police facility
• The spokesperson for the Anambra state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement and shared further details

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Gunmen suspected to be secessionists have attacked the Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili South local government area of Anambra state, killing one police corporal.

According to reports, the police corporal was killed, while others sustained varying degrees of injury, in the incident which occurred in the wee hours on Tuesday, September 3.

As reported by Daily Trust, a source disclosed that the hoodlums also attacked the Oba Civic Centre.

Meanwhile, the reason for the attack was unknown, but it coincided with a declaration by a secessionist leader, Simon Ekpa, who called for a month-long hostility against government establishments in the South-East, starting from August 28, 2024.

Anambra police confirm attack

Anambra state police public relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement.

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He noted that a joint security force comprising the Nigerian Army, Navy, Civil Defence, and other agencies are currently conducting a joint operation in Oba and its environs, The Sun newspaper reported.

He said the suspected armed secessionist group shot sporadically and threw petrol bombs, causing fires in some offices and the civic centre.

The PPRO’s statement read in part:

”The Police-led Joint Security Force comprising the Army, Navy, Civil defence and other security agencies are currently in a joint on-slaught operation within Oba and its environments.“The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, while condemning the act, described the invasion of security facilities and hostility towards security agents as an attack on the soul of a nation and vows to bring those behind the unholy act to book.”

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Gunmen kill policeman, vigilante in Sokoto

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that on Monday, Spetember 2, gunmen ambushed and killed a police officer and a vigilante during a patrol at Kwanan Milgoma on the Sokoto-Bodinga road.

The incident occurred around 3:00am, with details about the cause and extent of the attack sketchy.

At the time of the attack, Governor Dikko Umaru Radda was attending a zonal town hall meeting in Funtua.

Source: Legit.ng