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, others sustained varying degrees of injury in the incident, which occurred in the wee hours on Tuesday, September 3....READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
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 southeast, starting from August 28, 2024.
The Anambra state police public relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement.
He noted that a joint security force comprising the Nigerian Army, Navy, Civil Defence, and other agencies were 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.
“Unfortunately, a police corporal who was fatally wounded paid the supreme price, while the fire was put out with the help of other police officers on duty and the Joint Security responding team.”
Gunmen kill policeman, vigilante in Sokoto
On Monday, September 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 3am, 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.
