GUNMEN KILL 2 VIGILANTES, ATTACK POLICE STATION IN ANAMBRA

REPORTER: UCHE NDEKE

Operatives attached to Abagana Police Station have resisted an attack by gunmen on the station and forestall the attackers from gaining entrance to the Police facility.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, says the incident occurred at about half past eleven in night on Friday.

It said the gunmen had earlier attacked Anambra State vigilance operatives on patrol, murdered two of them, and on approaching Abagana Police Station, started shooting sporadically to gain entrance to the Police Station.

According to the statement, the police operatives engaged the armed men in a gun duel forcing the gunmen to flee the scene.

They however threw a petrol bomb into the station, which ignited the fire that affected the roof of an old building in the station.

The statement noted that fire service operatives responded swiftly and put off the fire.

Meanwhile, patrols have been intensified in the area and within the state.

EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU