Attack on Police Stations: Anambra Police Intensify Hunt for Hoodlums inside Forests

By Praise Chinecherem

Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye has ordered Joint Security Force in the State to intensify manhunt for insurgents who attacked two Police Stations in the State recently.

Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochuckwu Ikenga in a statement on Wednesday said the hunt for the gunmen had been extended to Obofia Forest, Aguluezuchukwu and Ogboji areas.

He said the CP has vowed that the operation would be sustained until the insurgents were completely routed from the State.

He said, “On 2nd April, 2024 The Police-led Forward Operating Base that is highly mobile struck the insurgents camps in the aforementioned areas.

“Insurgents who had deployed at various locations in ambush were engaged in fierce firefight and were routed from their enclaves which were subsequently destroyed.

“High calibre ammunitions, cartridges, a locally fabricated rocket launcher, Police uniforms and one Ford Pick-Up Truck without number plates were recovered.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who ordered the operation has vowed that it would be sustained until the insurgents are completely routed from Anambra State.

“He has charged troops and personnel involved in the operations to sustain the tempo until the State is made completely safe from cowardly guerrilla attacks by the insurgents.”