Attack On Anambra Chief Of Staff; Agunechemba/ Police Neutralize 3 Gang Members

By Okey Maduforo Awka .

Three gang members of gunmen who last month attacked the convoy of Chief Of Staff to Governor Charles Soludo, were early this morning neutralized by a combined team of Agunechemba Security Squad and Officers and Men of the Police Command along Isuofia – Igbo Ukwu road in Aguata local government area.

Recall that the gang had killed two policemen at Enugwuabo town when they mounted a road block dressed in police uniforms and made away with rifles belonging to the slaned operatives.

Reports from the office of the Publicity Secretary of Agunechemba Security Squad Mr Nweke Nweke which confirmed the success story had it that ;

“Last night, the Agunechemba unit from FOB Aguata in Anambra State neutralized three members of a terror group that has caused considerable turmoil in the region, while several others managed to flee with gunshot injuries”

“This gang had been masquerading in federal government security uniforms and had previously attacked the convoy of Chief of Staff to Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, resulting in casualties. Their downfall occurred during an firepower encounter with our operatives”

“With thorough intelligence gathering, our team, in partnership with police, zeroed in on the gang in the Isuofia-Igboukwu region, where they were robbing innocent victims. As our operatives approached, the gang attempted to flee”

Continuing Nweke stated that
Agunechemba and police units sealed off all escape routes in the Aguata Council Area. Realizing they were being pursued, the gang opened fire, but thanks to divine intervention and the ancestors of the Anambra State, three notorious gang members were neutralized without any casualties among Agunechemba operatives.

“Our intelligence indicates that these dangerous individuals were using a white Hilux van for a variety of criminal activities, including kidnapping, armed robbery, and the abduction of innocent civilians throughout the Anambra South Senatorial district and beyond, operating freely”

Reacting to this development , Prince Ken Emekayi, the Governor’s Special Adviser on Community Security, Hon. Engr. Sylvester Ikenna Ofodeme, Chairman of the State House of Assembly Committee on Internal Security, and the Head of Operations of Agunechemba, Chief Chinenye Ihenko, stated that the dismantling of this gang represents a significant triumph for the security forces in Anambra.

The operation resulted in the recovery of a Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG), AK-47 rifles and other weaponry, the gang’s operational white Hilux van, along with various charms, handbags, and other incriminating items.

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