Gunmen have attacked the Police Divisional Headquarters, in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, bombing the facility with explosive devices. Residents say the criminals invaded the police facility in the early hours of Thursday, 28 March wanting to free some inmates the success of their plan cannot be confirmed, however.
The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack. Mr Okoye, a superintendent of police, said the explosive devices thrown by the attackers affected part of the police facility. “Our operatives gallantly resisted the attackers, which made them flee,” he said. The spokesperson said no life was lost and that the criminals neither carted away weapons nor abducted any police operative during the attack. He said police operatives were currently carrying out operations in the area to track down the perpetrators. Notably, the police facility has been bombed by gunmen in the state and region before. Several police facilities have been attacked and razed by gunmen terrorising residents across the state and the region. Apart from police facilities, offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission have been the target of similar attacks across the region which has witnessed deteriorating security in recent times. Scores of persons, including security agencies, traditional rulers, and government officials, have been killed or abducted in such attacks. The Nigerian government has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of coordinating the gruesome attacks in the region which they have denied multiple times.
