Anambra Police Operatives attached to Abagana Police Station resisted gunmen’s attack on the station and forestall the attackers from gaining entrance to the Police facility.
A statement signed by the Spokesperson of the Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, reads that the gunmen had earlier attacked, Anambra State Vigilante Operatives on patrol along abagana road, murdered two of their operatives, and on approaching Abagana Police Station, started shooting sporadically to gain entrance to the Police Station.
“Our Operatives engaged the armed men in a gun duel, due to the superior fire of the police and in a bid for the gunmen to flee the scene, threw a petrol bomb into the station, which ignited the fire and affected the roof of an old building in the station” Ikenga said.
The fire service operatives responded swiftly and put off the fire.
Meanwhile, patrols have been intensified in the area and within the state, further, development shall be communicated, please.