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Unknown gunmen have reportedly injured a policeman and a state local vigilante member in a gun battle in Anambra State.
The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, made this known in a statement issued in Awka, the state capital on Friday.
He said that the gunmen also burnt down two security operational vehicles during the gunfight.
Ikenga said the incident occurred in the late hours of Thursday when the Anambra State Joint Security Team intercepted the armed men on Umuchu-Amesi-Uga Road in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.
The police spokesperson said that the security operatives however recovered one branded blue Hilux vehicle with Plate Number: GDD 440 TJ, a car suspected to have been snatched from an unsuspecting member of the public from the gunmen.
He said that during a search conducted in the vehicle, coolers for food preservation were found.
“The armed men were trailed after Police operatives resisted an attack on a Police Checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area.
“During the gun duel, one police personnel and one AVG Operative sustained gunshot injuries and are currently responding to treatment in a hospital.
“Unfortunately, the two operational vehicles belonging to the AVG were caught up in fire and razed down completely.
“Joint operations are still ongoing in the area and further developments would be communicated, please,” Ikenga said.
