Gunmen have reportedly killed an officer during a “bomb attack” on the Oba divisional police headquarters and civic centre in Idemili LGA of Anambra state.
Confirming the attack on Tuesday, Tochukwu Ikenga, force spokesperson in the state, said “several policemen” were injured during the incident.
Ikenga noted that the operatives were able to repel the attack and extinguish the fire.
Obono Itam, commissioner of police in the state, condemned the incident, describing it as “an attack on the soul of a nation”.
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The commissioner assured residents that the perpetrators will be arrested and prosecuted.
“The suspected armed secessionist 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,” the statement reads.
“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.
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“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.”
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of attacks on police stations by gunmen in the state.
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