The Nigerian Police Force, Anambra State Command has conducted a raid on a criminal camp Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the official spokesperson of the command in a statement released on Saturday explained that the police led a concerted effort involving men of the Army, Navy, Department of State Services officials and vigilante group carried out the intelligence based operation on the camp.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga explained that an ensuing gun battle between the criminals and the security patrol lasted for a period of six hours leading to the escape of some of the criminals with bullet wounds.
He added that the team also recovered a lot of relief materials like pots, foodstuffs and parts of dismembered suspected stolen vehicles.
He said, “The Police-led Joint Security Team comprising the Army, from the 302 Artillery Regiment (GS), Navy from the Naval Command, Department of State Security, Anambra State Vigilante, acting on information received over time, dislodged a criminal Camp at Ogbunka.
“The Joint Security Team, in a six-hour gun battle with the armed criminals, due to its superior firepower, diffused some explosives used as shields on the camp by the hoodlums. The team also recovered a lot of relief materials like pots, foodstuffs and parts of dismembered suspected stolen vehicles, even as some of the criminals escaped with various degrees of bullet injuries inflicted on them.
“The operatives have taken over the area to sustain security dominance aimed at addressing any untoward situation that may arise and to possibly arrest the fleeing suspects. Given the above, the Anambra State Police Command assures on behalf of other security agencies that the confidence reposed in her by Ndi Anambra and residents alike for the protection of lives and properties is not taken for granted.”