Gunmen have attacked the Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing a yet-to-be-identified police corporal while others sustained varying degrees of injury.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Facts have emerged on how gunmen attacked a police facility and killed a corporal in Anambra state. According to reports, the gunmen attacked the Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing a yet-to-be-identified police corporal while others sustained varying degrees of injury.
The hoodlums, who operated in large numbers allegedly launched their attacks in the early hours of Tuesday and threw explosives at the police facility. They also attacked the Oba Civic Centre.
No reasons have been given for the invasion. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the hoodlums shot sporadically and threw petrol bombs, causing fires in some offices and the civic centre.
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Ikenga said, “The Police-led Joint Security Force comprising of the Army, Navy, Civil defence and other security agencies are currently in a joint on-slaught operation within Oba and its environments. Following, an attack in the early hours of today 3/9/2024 on Oba Police Divisional Headquarters and Oba Civic Center.
“The suspected armed secessionists’ group started shooting sporadically in an attempt to gain entrance to the Police Station and threw petrol bombs at the security facility which made some of the offices catch up with fire including the Oba Civic Center.
“Unfortunately, a police corporal who was fatally wounded paid the supreme price, while the fire was put off with the help of other Police officers on duty and the Joint Security responding team.”
He added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has vowed to bring those behind the unholy act to book.
The Oba incident took place a few days after a policeman was killed by gunmen at a checkpoint beside Nnobi Police Station on Nnobi/Nkpor Road in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
