Unknown Gunmen In Red T-Shirts & Black Jeans Burn Anambra Station, Kill 5 Officers, Release Suspects | #IgbereTV
Unknown gunmen said to be numbering over seven, attacked Ajali Police Station, in Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State, killing five policemen, and setting the station ablaze, IgbereTV has learned.
According to Vanguard, an eye witness said that the gunmen were driving in two Sienna vehicles and one Lexus jeep.
Ajali, the headquarters of Orumba North Local Government Area, is the home town of former Chairman, National Electoral Commission, NEC, Chief Humphrey Nwosu.
The gunmen, according to Vanguard, were dressed in red T-Shirts and black Jean trousers; stormed the Police station in a Lexus car, and shot their way into the Police station after killing a policeman that accosted them on entry and a civilian.
They were said to have released all the people detained in the Police Station and ordered them to leave the premises of the station without further delay or have their lives snuffed off.
An eye witness told Vanguard that the road leading to Oko, a nearby town to Ajali, was cordoned off by security men who were engaged in a gun duel by the rampaging gunmen.
The incident according to the eyewitness threw the entire Ajali, Akpu and other neighbouring towns to Ajali into fear and confusion.
The gunmen were also said to have collected guns from security men at Roban Stores situated along Nnewi –Nnobi road and zoomed off.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Ikenga Tochukwu, a DSP, was not disposed to pick his call when contacted on the phone to comment on the two incidents.
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