The Anambra State Police Command has killed over 10 hoodlums and destroyed three camps harboring suspected criminals in Achalla, Awka North Local Government Area.
The police during the operation recovered a human skull, one locally made rocket propelled grande RPG launcher, two (RPG) bombs, one single-barrel long gun, and an empty chain of bullets from the criminals.
The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to him, the attack on the suspected criminals took place on Friday.
Ikenga said the suspected criminals had earlier captured two policemen and a civilian. The victims joined the police in their operation, intending to recover a stolen vehicle.
The police, however, reinforced and dislodged the suspected criminals, leading to the killing of 10 of them, while many others escaped with bullet wounds.
According to Ikenga, the discovery followed a counter-offensive operation launched against criminal elements who had on 15/7/2022 laid an ambush against a 6- man police team and a civilian car tracker who were on a recovery operation of a Toyota Sienna Space Wagon.
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Echeng Echeng, to have condoled with the families and friends of the murdered civilians and the police operatives, describing the incident as a classic example of the risk and sacrifices the police are exposed to in the onerous task of serving and protecting the country.
Echeng also assured the Anambra people that efforts are being intensified towards a total reclamation and domination of all the public spaces occupied by hoodlums in the state by apprehending and bringing them and their accomplices to justice.