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The Joint Security Force of the Anambra State Police Command has announced that it has stepped up its quest for terrorists who recently stormed two police stations in the state.
On Thursday, the Police Divisional Headquarters in Nneni, the Anaocha Local Government Area of the state, was set on fire by some as-yet-unidentified perpetrators.
The thugs broke into the building early in the morning and set off explosives, burning sections of the structure.
Reporters were informed by a local resident that the thugs were trying to break free some prisoners at the facility, but they were stopped by on-duty police officers.
The state commissioner of police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, gave the joint security force orders to raid the gunmen’s hideouts, which include the Aguluezuchukwu, Ogboji, and Obofia forests, in a statement released on Wednesday.
This was in response to the attack on police formations, according to command spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga.
Ikenga said, “On April 2, 2024, the police-led Forward Operating Base that is highly mobile struck the insurgent camps in the aforementioned areas.
“Insurgents who had deployed in various locations in an ambush were engaged in a fierce firefight and were routed from their enclaves, which were subsequently destroyed.
“High-caliber ammunition, cartridges, a locally fabricated rocket launcher, police uniforms, and one Ford pickup truck without a number plate were recovered.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who ordered the operation, has vowed that it would be sustained until the insurgents are completely routed from Anambra State.
“He has charged troops and personnel involved in the operations to sustain the tempo until the state is made completely safe from cowardly guerrilla attacks by the insurgents.”
