By Kamsi Anayo
Five hoodlums and a policeman were killed in the early hours of Sunday in another police station attack by gunmen in Anambra state.
The latest attack was in Oyi Local Government Area of the state which has witnessed several recent attacks targeting police stations.
Eyewitnesses in the immediate community told the Network that the police station at Nkwelle Ezunaka was attacked at the early morning hours of Sunday at about 3:30am.
According to a source, the attackers came in large number and were dressed in what appeared to be dark clothing.
“The arrival of the attackers to the station followed a gun fire exchange between the police operatives at the station and the attackers. “We heard gun shots. It was intense.
“The gun fire exchange resulted in the death of one police operative and five of the attackers were killed.
“One of the attackers is believed to have sustained an injury. The vehicles at the police station were seen burning,” the source said.
“The identity of the killed officer was simply given as ‘Officer Efe.’
“In addition, an unidentified body was found on the ground at the end of the shooting. The police is certain of the identity of the dead body. It was not certain whether the dead body was a member of the attackers.
This latest attack comes as two previous attacks were recorded at Ukpo on attack against soldiers wounding 5 soldiers and Ogidi attack against police station killing 3 officers within 24hours.
The State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu could not pick the calls to his mobile telephone line as at the time of filing this report.
