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A police personnel and another operative of the Anambra Vigilante Group have sustained varying degrees of injuries during a gun battle with some yet to be identified assailants at a police checkpoint in Ajali community, Orumba North Local Government Area of ​​Anambra State. .

City tour They gathered that the armed thugs opened fire on the police officers when they discovered that they had been followed to the checkpoint.

The attackers reportedly took a vehicle, including other items, from some members of the public before attacking the officers.

Eyewitnesses in the area said the incident occurred late Thursday, leading to several gunshots that followed for several minutes in the community.

Though no lives were lost, sources revealed that two vehicles belonging to the security operatives were burnt by the hoodlums.

A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity said: “The incident occurred along Umuchu-Amesi-Uga road. The armed thugs bravely alighted from their vehicle and started exchanging gunfire with the security men when they discovered that they were being followed.

“In the process, they burned two security vehicles of the Umuchu Civil Guard. The hoodlums had previously torched one vehicle in the area, making it three in almost a week.

“During the intense gunfight, some security officers suffered bullet injuries. But the local vigilantes fought back, leading to the unknown gunmen abandoning their Toyota Hilux vehicle and escaping as one of the police officers fired and deflated the tire.

The resident complained about the recent activities of hoodlums in the area, which he said has created security concerns as the Christmas celebration approaches.

Confirming the incident, the Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Friday that the injured security personnel were rushed to hospital where they were treated.

Ikenga said: “In the late hours of Thursday, December 5, 2024, the Anambra State Joint Security Team intercepted armed men sighted on Umuchu-Amesi-Uga Road and recovered a blue Hilux vehicle with registration number: GDD 440 TJ, a car presumably snatched from an unsuspecting member of the public.

“During a search of the vehicle, coolers for storing food were found. The gunmen were tracked after police officers resisted an attack on a police checkpoint in Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area.

“During the gun duel, one police personnel and one AVG officer sustained gunshot injuries and are currently receiving treatment at a hospital. Unfortunately, the two AVG operational vehicles caught fire and were completely destroyed.”