Police confirms attack on Anambra divisional headquarters

The state Police Command has confirmed that heavily armed men attacked its Ajali divisional headquarters in the state’s Orumba North Local Government Area.

Unknown gunmen attacked the Ajali police station yesterday afternoon, killing several officers.

They also set fire to the facility.

On social media, footage of the attack showed the building on fire, with people believed to be detainees trapped inside.

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The attack came just two days after gunmen in the state killed Dr. Chike Akunyili, the widower of Dora Akunyili, the late former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

Tochukwu Ikenga, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the attack in a statement issued in Awka, but did not say how many people were killed.

“The Commissioner of Police noted that some yet to be identified heavily armed men stormed the Ajali Divisional Headquarters of the state today, 30th September 2021, and fired sporadically at police personnel on duty,” he said.

“Police officers, on the other hand, quickly engaged them before they fled the scene. Unfortunately, two police officers and a civilian were shot, and a patrol vehicle caught fire, and the police station was partially burned.”

He claimed that a joint team of police and military personnel immediately pursued and intercepted the fleeing attackers along Oko Ajali road before they fled with gunshot wounds.

Ikenga added, “The operatives recovered a highlander jeep and two motorcycles.”