Gunmen, suspected to be members of a secessionist group, have attacked another police station with bombs in Anambra state, killing three policemen in the process.
The incident happened at Oba, idemili South local government area of the state on Tuesday morning, while other number of policemen were seriously injured
But the police authorities are claiming that only one police man, a corporal, was killed by the hoodlums.
The secessionist group terrorizing the entire Southeast region, also attacked the Oba Civic Centre.
Recalled that last week, one of the leaders of the monsters, sent a voice note on social media calling for a one month sit-at- home in the region
The call was against government establishments
Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement the command issued Tuesday in Awka
Ikenga said, “A joint security force comprising the Army, Navy, Civil Defence, and other agencies is currently conducting a joint operation in Oba and its environs.”
He said the suspected armed secessionist group shot sporadically and threw petrol bombs, causing fires in some offices and the civic centre.
“Following, an attack in the early hours of today 3/9/2024 on Oba Police Divisional Headquarters and Oba Civic Center.
“The suspected armed successionist 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.
“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.” The PPRO wrote
However, one of the Senior Police Officers in the state, told The Nation that three of their men lost their loves during the attack by the hoodlums
The source regretted that such attacks on Police formations had started again in Anambra state, while describing the assailants as members of the secessionist group that had been attacking people in the zone for years now
