By Jude Atupulazi
The Joint Security Force in Anambra State has intensified the manhunt for insurgents who attacked two Police Stations in the state recently.
The hunt for the gunmen has been extended to Obofia Forest, Aguluezuchukwu and Ogboji areas, according to a press statement made available to Fides by SP Ikenga Tochukwu, the image maker of the State Command of the Force, April 3.
He said that on 2nd April, 2024, a Police-led Forward Operating Base that was highly mobile struck the insurgents camps in the aforementioned areas.
‘Insurgents who had deployed at various locations in ambush were engaged in fierce firefight and were routed from their enclaves which were subsequently destroyed.
‘High calibre ammunitions, cartridges, a locally fabricated rocket launcher, police uniforms and one Ford Pick-Up Truck without number plates were recovered.
‘The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who ordered the operation, has vowed that it would be sustained until the insurgents are completely routed from Anambra State,’ the statement read.
Ikenga said the CP had charged troops and personnel involved in the operations to sustain the tempo until the state was made completely safe from ‘cowardly guerrilla attacks by the insurgents’.
