The Anambra State Police Command, on
Wednesday, engaged in a shoot out with armed
robbers, killing one and arresting four.
The assailants, who stormed Agulu community
in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state,
left residents scampering for safety as they
engaged officers of the State Anti Robbery
Squad (SARS) in a shoot out.
The State Police Command spokesperson,
Raphael Uzoigwe, confirmed the incident,
adding that it was the same gang that attacked
and killed two vigilante group members at
Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area
on Tuesday.
Uzoigwe further revealed that the gang was
responsible for the early morning robbery and
kidnapping operations from Nkpor to Umuoji to
Ojoto, Nnobi.
“Sometimes, they operate between Abatete,
Neni, Agulu, among other neighbouring
communities,” he said.
Items recovered from the gang include one
AK-47 rifle, three magazines, 16 rounds of
ammunition and Mitsubishi L-300 bus, as well
as the pump action gun the robbers snatched
from the vigilante group members they killed.
Uzoigwe further said: “Our target is to get night
life back in Anambra State, especially during
the forthcoming Christmas period and we must
do it. That is the target of the state
Commissioner of Police, Ballah Nasarawa.
“We are moving into all the nooks and crannies
of this state to fish out those hoodlums and that
is why our men have been deployed to all the
remote areas in the state.”

The most interesting thing about this news is that quite out of the norm the police killed one and arrested four........we normally hear that they killed Four,arrested One whilst Six escaped .....