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According to reports, the assailants, who attacked the section authorities secretariat successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, acceptable respective buildings ablaze, including a municipality hallway designated for accepted rulers and assorted administrative facilities.
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that a ample radical of gunmen attacked and burnt down the secretariat of Ogbaru Local Government successful the state.
According to reports, the assailants, who attacked the section authorities secretariat successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, acceptable respective buildings ablaze, including a municipality hallway designated for accepted rulers and assorted administrative facilities.
The spokesperson for the authorities constabulary command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incidental to SaharaReporters connected Friday, saying, “Attack connected ogbaru Local Government Area successful the aboriginal hours of contiguous 30/8/2024: the information operatives' gallantry resisted the gunmen, immoderate LGA properties were destroyed, immoderate buildings were affected and nary beingness was mislaid arsenic associated information cognition is inactive ongoing.”
Though nary casualties person been reported truthful far, witnesses told The PUNCH the attackers fired indiscriminately into the air, causing wide panic among residents.
One witnesser said, “Around 5 am, astir 30 gunmen emerged from the bushes, chanting arsenic they stormed the section authorities secretariat and fired shots into the air.
“They moved from their hideouts to the adjacent Atani Magistrate Court and began mounting buildings wrong the assembly premises connected fire, including the main secretariat and the accepted rulers’ structures.
“They were successful the process of igniting further buildings erstwhile information forces arrived and fired back, causing the attackers to retreat into the bushes.”
According to the witness, “Just yesterday, a information defender named CY died from slug wounds sustained during a weapon conflict successful the Amiyi assemblage connected August 27, 2024.
“On August 5, 2 young men were killed by the gunmen, and 5 days ago, a retired policeman was beaten to decease by the aforesaid group.”
On June 15, 2024, SaharaReporters reported that gunmen suspected to beryllium arsonists attacked the aforesaid Ogbaru Local Government Area office and acceptable 4 information vehicles ablaze.
The arsonists arrived astatine the section authorities office connected motorcycles.
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