Gunmen yesterday morning, attacked a police station in Atani, the headquarters of Ogbaru Local Government Area in Anambra State.
A source told journalists that the men arrived in the area at about 1:30 am, and immediately launched an attack on the police facility.
The source said four policemen, including a female police operative, lost their lives in the attack.
Meanwhile, the state police command has confirmed the attack, as the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Tochukwu Ikenga, the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, on hearing about the attack immediately mobilized men to the area.
According to him, the hoodlums were still there when the CP personally led men of the command to the affected area, and the hoodlums were successfully repelled, while investigation has commenced unraveling the identity of the attackers or the reason for their actions.
