By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
Anambra State’s new security outfit “Agunechemba”, has stormed operational base of gunmen and kidnappers with scores feared dead.
Some of the hoodlums fled with various degrees of injuries while many guns and other items have been recovered.
Since the inauguration of the the outfit in the mode of the then “Bakassi boys” during the late Gov. Chinwoke Mbadinuju’s era, no fewer than six camps of the hoodlums have been decimated.
The operation took place at Enugu-Agidi in Njikoka local government area close around 1am on Thursday.
The “Udo Ga Achi and Agunechemba” troops invaded the area with other security outfits like the Police, DSS,Military among others
It was gathered that one of the gunmen was arrested in the operation which was carried out based on intelligence report.
The items recovered include two AK- 47 Riffles, 8 Pump Action guns,4 Locally made Pistols, 3 packets of Cartridges(101 Cartridges) 4 empty Magazines.
Many have been killed in Anambra state as a result of the precarious security situation.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga could not be reached on the telephone for confirmation of the latest development.
However, a senior Police Officers in the state who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the development.
He said it was a joint operation led by the Police Command based on intelligence gathering
“Anambra must be free again, the Governor has done much and he has given us the mandate to secure the state and that’s what we’re doing. Those criminals must bow,” the source said.
