No fewer than two policemen were killed on Wednesday during an attack by unknown gunmen at Obosi police station, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
It was learnt that the Gunmen also razed the station and two operational vehicles.
Confirming the attack on Thursday, The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the two officers died during a gun duel with the attackers.
“During the attack, two police operatives paid the supreme price. The command quickly a responding team and the hoodlums in a bid to escape set part of police building on fire and two operational vehicles,” Tochukwu said.
He added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Chris Owolabi has detailed the Police Crack Team led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations to identify and apprehend the yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
The police spokeman added that The CrackTeam had visited the scene and conduct an on-the-spot assessment of the incidence.
He noted that an investigation has commenced in identifying the perpetrators of the crime.
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