The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam, has called for the patriotic involvement of the residents in the fight against crime and criminal elements the State.
Itam made the call following a successful offensive operation against a suspected armed secessionist gang in Umugem Road, Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of the State.
He urged them to collaborate with security agencies to “take back the space and deny these criminal elements the space they use to cause tension in the State.”
The operation was carried out on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, by the Joint Security Team, comprising the Police, Military and other Security Agencies.
During the operation, five members of the armed group were neutralized by the joint operatives, while some others escaped with various degrees of bullet wounds.
The security team also razed down the criminal camp and recovered four undetonated improvised explosive devices (IED), two AK47 assault rifles, one pump action gun, and one 75-volt battery with other incriminating items.
A statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, attributed the success of the operations to the collaboration and coordination among the various security agencies.
Ikenga noted that operatives are intensifying efforts in the area for possible arrest of the fleeing gang members
