A joint operation of the police and army at Ihiala in Anambra State yesterday engaged a group of unknown gunmen said to have stormed the Ihiala market and its environs to enforce sit at home in the area. Police report also said that the joint security force stopped the gang identified as the IPOB’s armed force’s ESN from robbing a new generation bank in the area.
The spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement signed by him below confirmed the report:
“SECURITY IN ANAMBRA: POLICE DISPERSE ENFORCERS OF IL
LEGAL SIT-AT HOME
_Avert attack on a bank as Police and other security forces improve on security dominance and surveillance in the state to enhance safety_
Following the improved Operational and strategic positioning of both human and viable assets of the command by the Commissioner of Police *CP Echeng Echeng,* the joint security forces comprising of the Police and Military by 12:30 pm on 9/5/2023 dispersed illegal sit-at-home enforcers from the proscribed Indigenous group of Brafia IPOB and Eastern security Network ESN in Nkwo market, ihiala.
The Outlawed group members armed with guns and other dangerous weapons came out in their numbers on a motorbike and started shooting sporadically, in an attempt to rob a bank and to disrupt commercial activities and vehicular movement going on in Ihaila. The joint operatives responded swiftly which made the armed men abandon their evil plan and took to their heels. Unfortunately, due to the indiscriminate shootings by the armed group, a stray bullet hit the chief security officer CSO of the bank on the leg and he has been taken to the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment. No life was lost.
Meanwhile, calm has returned in the area as Police with other security forces have intensified patrols, and improved security dominance and surveillance in the state. In the event of any request for security service, members of the public are advised to call the following phone numbers: the Command Control Room Number at *07039194332* or the Public Relations Officer PRO at *08039334002*. The ‘npf rescue me app’ is also available for free download on both Android and Apple IOS, for Android and iPhone users respectively.
*DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, PPRO Anambra State Police Command*
10th May 2023″.