Gunmen have attacked yet another police station in Anambta, killing one officer in the process while sustaining two casualties on their side.
A report by 247Ureports said that the latest attack occurred at a community in the Oyi Local Government Area [LGA] of Anambra State.
According to information gathered through witnesses in the immediate community, the police station at Nkwelle Ezunaka was attacked at the early morning hours of Sunday [February 19, 2023].
One of the witnesses placed the time of attack about 3:30 O’cock.
The attackers were said to have come in their “numbers” and were dressed in what appeared to be dark clothing.
According to a source, the arrival of the attackers to the station followed a gun fire exchange between the police officers at the station and the attckers.
“We heard gun fire,“ he said.
The gun fire exchange resulted in the death of one police officer, and two of the attackers were killed.
One of the attackers is believed to have sustained an injury.
The veracity of the injury is not certain.The vehicles at the police station were seen burning.
The identity of the killed officer was identified as Officer Effe.
This latest attack comes as two previous attacks were recorded at Ukpo [attack against soldiers wounding 5 soldiers] and Ogidi [attack against police station killing 3 officers] within 24 hours.

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