Gunmen have killed two police officers during an attack on the Umunze Police Station in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

It was gathered that the gunmen attacked the police station in the early hours of Monday, September 16, 2024.

It was learnt that the gunmen also set some parts of the premises ablaze with improvised explosive devices.

Confirming the incident, the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the police officers were killed during a gun battle with the assailants.

Ikenga stated: “The Joint Security Forces comprising of the Police, Army, Navy, Civil defence and other security agencies recovered five unexploded improvised explosives and are on the trail of the arsonists and armed secessionist group members, who in the early hours of Monday, September 16, 2024, attacked the Umunze Police Station in Anambra State.

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“The suspected armed proscribe group invaded the police facility with improvised explosives, shooting sporadically and fire caught part of the station.

“Unfortunately, two of the police operatives on duty during the gun battle in a bid to resist the assailants from causing more havoc paid the supreme price. Their bodies have been recovered and taken to the morgue.”

He said the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, had visited the scene for an on-the-spot assessment to reinforce and reassess security deployment.

The police spokesman quoted Itam as urging “anyone who has any information that will aid the investigation to come forward”.

The police commissioner also assured “utmost confidentiality to any such information in this regard”.

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