It was a black Monday in Anambra State as gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) bombed a police station killing three policemen in the process.
Reports have it that the incident occurred around 10 a.m. on Monday, September 16.
The police station is located in the Orumba South Local Government Area.
After the attack, Joint Security Force, including the Military, Police, Navy, Civil Defence, and Vigilance groups, stormed the scene.
At the scene, five unexploded bombs were recovered.
Sit-At-Home Order In Anambra
There are suspicions that the assailants were attempting to enforce the Monday sit-at-home order when they clashed with security personnel.
Eyewitnesses reported three fatalities and additional injuries.
But for Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson for the state police command, two policemen were killed in the attack.
The Attack
He said: “The Joint Security Forces comprising of the Police, Army, Navy, Civil defence and other Security Agencies recovered five unexploded improvised explosives and are on the trail of arsonist and armed successionist group members, who in the early hours of today 16/9/2024 attacked the Umunze Police Station.
“The suspected Armed Proscribed Group invaded the Police Facility with improvised explosives.
They shot sporadically and fire caught part of the Station.”
“Unfortunately, two of the Police Operatives on duty during the gun battle in a bid to resist the assailants from causing more havoc paid the supreme price. Their bodies have been recovered and taken to the morgue.”
Furthermore, he said the Commissioner of Police Nnaghe Itam visited the scene, on a spot assessment to reinforce and reassess security deployment.
