Police in Anambra State have averted a planned attack on some members of the vigilantes in the state.
According to a press release by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Monday, the incident occurred on Sunday at Umuchu.
He stated that, “Police-led security forces on Sunday by 2.30pm responded swiftly to an attack on members of the Anambra State Vigilantes of Umuchu extraction along Amesi/Uga Road and rescued one wounded vigilante operative.
“The Joint Security Forces quickly rushed the victim to the hospital where he is currently responding to treatment.”
SP Ikenga said the command had activated intelligence-information-led patrols in the area aimed “to deny the criminals the space they enjoy to cause havoc and possibly arrest.”
He however said that during the gun duel between the police and the operatives, bullets hit the fuel tank of the Toyota Frontier Van belonging to the AVG, razing it in the process.
Recall that some vigilantes were some days ago killed in the state by suspected hoodlums.