Police kill gunman while attempting to set police station ablaze in Anambra
From Chinedu Nwafor Abakaliki
One of the gunmen who attempted to ablaze Ogidi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state has been killed.
Battle ready Police men at the station engaged them in a gun battle, resulting tot the of one of the gunmen.
The state police command’s public relations officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in a statement, on Monday, came in their numbers with an unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, a Toyota Hilux and three motorcycles, and started shooting indiscriminately and attempted to gain access into Ogidi Police Station, Idemili North.
He wrote: “Today 13/2/2023 by 2:15 am, police operatives foiled an attack by armed men on the Ogidi Police station, demobilize one of the armed men, and recovered many expended cartridges and 25 litres of PMS.
“They came in their numbers with an unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, a Toyota Hilux and three motorcycles, and started shooting indiscriminately and attempted to gain access into Ogidi Police Station, Idemili North.
“They were fiercely resisted by police officers on duty and due to the superior gunfire of the operatives, the hoodlums fled the scene while one of the armed men was neutralized by the operatives.”
The police spokesman said the police facility was intact, and that no casualty was recorded on the side of the police.
He added that the area had been reinforced by the tactical teams of the command, and operation was still ongoing, and that further details of their hunt for the perpetuators would be revealed subsequently.
