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Suspected bandits killed 9 in Anambra

Nine persons were killed by suspected Herdsmen in the Awkuzu community, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.

There is tension in the University Community as people were leaving the community for fear of further attack.
Sources from the area said that the Downtown area where the incident happened was populated by the students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam.

Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, in a statement, said that the attackers were yet to be identified.

He said that the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, had ordered for the immediate deployment of police to the area to beef up security.

The statement read: “CP Monday Bala Kuryas, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Command’s operational and intelligence assets to identify and apprehend the unknown armed men, who violently attacked Ukpomachi village, Awkuzu in Oyi LGA of the State, in the early hours of 26th, April 2021.

“Meanwhile, a crack team of police operatives of the command, led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, have visited the scene and conducted an on-spot-the assessment of the incidence and have successfully restored normalcy in the area and adequate security placed to forestall further occurrence.

“The assailants said to be armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons, invaded the village in their numbers and attacked the residents, resulting in the death of nine persons (whose identities are yet unknown), injuries on some others as well as the destruction of buildings and livestock.

“To this end, the CP, while reassuring Ndi Anambra, particularly people of the community, of the Command’s resolve to get to the root of the incidence, has called on them to remain calm and volunteer useful information that will enable the police and other security agencies collaboratively handle and bring the situation to a logical conclusion.”

 

 

 

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