Anambra Joint Security Force Extends Manhunt for Unknown Gunmen to Ogbaru Forest, Recovers 9 Home Made Bombs, 4 Walkie Talkie.
Anambra State Joint Security Force on Friday, 5th April 2024, extended its manhunt for criminals attacking security formations in the State to Ogbaru forest.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who made this known in a statement issued on 10th April, 2024, disclosed that locations that were combed for the insurgents
include around Amiyi and Ochuche I’m Ogbaru Council Area.
He intimated that Troops of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy lent considerable firepower to the operation which completely routed the hoodlums from their hideouts in the forests.
The PPRO also informed that several camps were found and destroyed during the operation which lasted several hours.
According to him, Nine Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) recovered from the camps were safely defused by Police Bomb Squad.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye reacting to the operation, commended the Military for its steadfastness in supporting the fight against criminality.
He also thanked the DSS, NSCDC, NDLEA, NIS and various Vigilante Groups across the State for the wonderful synergy that is yielding fantastic results in keeping Anambra State Safe.
The Commissioner of Police further warned cultists running amok in the State Capital to be aware that their days are numbered.
He warned that security will not fold its hands and watch them destabilize the State in the name of cult rivalry leading to fatalities.
