vimarsana.com

Page 3 - ஜநரல் நோக்கம் இயந்திரம் துப்பாக்கிகள் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Two cops, seven others killed as gunmen attack Anambra, Abia police stations

Punch Newspapers Sections Tony Okafor, Sunday Nwakanma and Raphael Ede Published 12:40 am Published 12:40 am No fewer than nine persons were killed in Anambra State in different circumstances on Monday. While two policemen and three others were killed during an attack on the Anambra Zonal Police Headquarters in Ukpo, Dunukfia Local Government Area of the state, four others were killed in cult-related violence. The attack on the police headquarters happened around 4am. A source said, “Some hoodlums invaded the zonal headquarters at Ukpo in the early hours of Monday, but our gallant men repelled the attack. “In the process, the hoodlums killed two of our men, while our men gunned down three of their men, but they quickly carried their fallen men and zoomed off.

After IPOB s attack-on-sight directive: Police operatives live in fear in S East

Many northerners in the South-East are also living in fear after many of them have been killed and their property worth millions of naira destroyed. Security experts including those who keep track of attacks said in the five states in the zone – Abia, Ebonyi, Anambra, Enugu and Imo,  more than 40 attacks have been launched  in 2021 alone in the emerging trend of onslaught on security personnel and wanton destruction of security facilities and operational assets. If neighbouring states in the South South, especially Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Cross River, are added, the number of attacks is more than 60, leaving not less than 50 security personnel killed.

Stop attacks on security formations now

Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, said “preliminary investigations revealed that the attackers, who came in their numbers with sophisticated weapons such as General Purpose Machine Guns, Sub-Machine Guns, AK49 rifles, Rocket Propelled Grenades, Improvised Explosive Devices, are members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN).” President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attacks, calling them “act of terrorism.” Buhari, in a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, directed security and intelligence agencies in the state and the geo-political zone to fully mobilize and go after the “terrorists, apprehend them and get them punished under the full weight of the law.”

Imo government, group urge probe of attack on correctional, police facilities | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsNigeria — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

Imo government, group urge probe of attack on correctional, police facilities | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsNigeria — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News
guardian.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from guardian.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

© 2025 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.