At least six people, including the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Awada police division, two police operatives attached to the division and three unidentified gunmen have lost their lives in a gun duel.
The hoodlums invaded the police facility around 2:18 am on Monday, February 20, 2023, and engaged the police operatives on duty where about three of the hoodlums were said to have been shot dead.
This is coming less than 24 hours after the attack on the 3-3 police divisional office in Oyi LGA, where about six people were killed.
A source in the area said the hoodlums started shooting sporadically as they approached the police station, adding that the gunshots lasted for several hours.
The source said, “Again, in the early hours of today these hoodlums made another deadly attempt to burn down Awada Police Station, near Obosi, Anambra State.
Meanwhile, another source who lives close to the attacked facility told our correspondent that the gunmen equally killed three policemen, including the DPO of the station while two more gunmen were captured alive.
The source said: “It was terrible last night for people living close to Awada police station. It was as if there was a war. Gunshot rained all through the morning here.
“This morning, when I inquired, I was told that unknown gunmen invaded the station, set some part of the station on fire and killed three policemen, including the DPO Isiowulu police station, a newly recruited constable and one inspector.
“With the help of the military men that surfaced, Police were able to kill three of the gunmen and caught two red-handed,” the source said.
The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga could not confirm the incident as attempts to reach him failed, and messages to him were not responded to.
