Gunmen in huge numbers have stormed the Awada Police Station near Obosi in Anambra State’s Idemili North Local Government Area.
It was said that the hoodlums stormed the police station about 2:18 a.m. on Monday and engaged the operatives on duty, killing three of the hoodlums.
This comes less than 24 hours after the attack on the 3-3 Police Divisional Office in Oyi LGA, which killed around six persons.
According to a local, the hoodlums began shooting intermittently as they approached the police station, and the shootings lasted several hours.
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The source said, “Again, in the early hours of today, these hoodlums made another deadly attempt to burn down Awada Police Station, near Obosi, Anambra State.
“The hoodlums were repelled by gallant security personnel with three members of the gang taken down after a hot exchange of gun battle.”
He added that two AK-47 were recovered with the vehicles used for the operation by the gang.
The details of the casualties were still sketchy as it was not yet clear if there was any fatality on the side of the police operatives.
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However, another source in the area said two of the police operatives, including the Divisional Police Officer, were also affected.
The state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, could not be reached for comments, as he did not respond to calls and text messages to his phone.
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