Gunmen in Tuesday morning bombed Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing a Cop and injuring others in a renewed attack by secessionist agitators in South East region of Nigeria.
According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesman for the police in the Nigeria Command in the State said a police corporal, was killed when the hoodlums threw petrol bombs that caused fire in some offices and the Civic Centre.
A joint security force, comprising the Army, Navy, Civil Defence, and other agencies are currently conducting a joint operation in Oba and its environs, according to SP. Ikenga.
“Following, an attack in the early hours of today 3/9/2024 on Oba Police Divisional Headquarters and Oba Civic Centre”, the statement said, “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 Centre.
“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”, he said.
The statement also said, “The Commissioner of Police in the State, 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”, he said.
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