Police operatives in Imo state has successfully deterred an attack on the Njaba Divisional Headquarters by suspected hoodlums affiliated with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed militia, the Eastern Security Network.
The attackers arrived in three SUVs and launched a violent assault on the headquarters with sporadic shooting.
In accordance to a letter signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, he stated: “In response, the ever-gallant operatives swiftly took up defensive positions and engaged the assailants, resulting in the neutralisation of three attackers. The remaining assailants, who sustained various gunshot injuries, fled into nearby bushes.
“During the operation, our forces recovered one General Purpose Machine Gun, one AK-47 rifle, and three vehicles — a Toyota Lexus 470, a Mercedes GLK, and a Toyota Venza.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, is leading an operation to apprehend the fleeing suspects.
