Scores feared dead as Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s security outfit, (Agunechemba) attacked operational base of gunmen and kidnappers.
Some of the hoodlums fled with various degrees of injuries while many guns and other items have been recovered
No fewer than six camps of the hoodlums have been wiped out since the inauguration of the outfit in the mode of the then “Bakassi boys” during the late Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju’s era.
The operation took place at Enugu-Agidi in Njikoka local government area close around 1am on Thursday were the “Udo Ga Achi and Agunechemba” troops invaded the area with other security outfits like the Police, DSS,Military among others
FCNN gathered that based on intelligence report one of the gunmen was arrested.
Items recovered include two AK- 47 Riffles, 8 Pump Action guns,4 Locally made Pistols, 3 packets of Cartridges(101 Cartridges) 4 empty Magazines of AK-47 Riffles, 3 Cutlasses, one Baofeng Radio, one motorcycle and many charms
Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra police spokesman, could not be reached on mobile for confirmation of the latest development.
But one of the Senior Police Officers in Anambra confirmed the development, saying a joint operation was 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.
