The Anambra Police Command said the state’s Joint Security Force on Tuesday neutralised five alleged secessionists in Ufuma, Orumba Local Government Area.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state and a Superintendent of Police, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement.
In the statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen on Wednesday, Ikenga said that the joint security team, comprising the police and military, amongst other agencies, carried out the operation at Umugem Road at about 12:30pm.
“The team neutralised five members of the armed group, while some others escaped with various degrees of bullet wounds,” Ikenga stated.
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He explained that during the operation, the security team razed the suspected criminals’ camp and recovered four undetonated improvised explosive devices, two AK47 assault rifles, one pump action gun, and one 75-volt battery, together with other incriminating items.
He attributed the success of the operation to the collaboration and coordination among the various security agencies in the state.
The command’s spokesman said that similar operations were still ongoing in the area for possible arrest of the fleeing gang members.
Ikenga quoted the Command’s Commissioner, CP Nnaghe Itam, to have solicited greater cooperation from the people of the area toward tackling criminality in the state.