By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

One gunman was on Monday gunned down by police during an attack on Ogidi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed this in a press statement made available to journalists in Awka.

He said the hoodlums suspected to have come to burn down the police facility arrived at about 2 am in large numbers, using cars and motorcycles.

The statement partly reads; “Today 13/2/2023 by 2:15 am, police operatives foiled an attack by armed men on the Ogidi Police station, demobilize one of the armed men, and recovered many expended cartridges and 25 litres of PMS.”

“They came in their numbers with an unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, a Toyota Hilux and three motorcycles, and started shooting indiscriminately and attempted to gain access into Ogidi Police Station, Idemili North.

“They were fiercely resisted by police officers on duty and due to the superior gunfire of the operatives, the hoodlums fled the scene while one of the armed men was neutralized by the operatives.

“The area has been reinforced by the tactical teams of the command, and the operation is still ongoing.”

Ikenga said the police facility is intact, and that no casualty was recorded on the side of the police.

In recent times, there have been renewed attacks on police facilities and personnel in Anambra State by yet-to-be-identified assailants.

Recently, a police facility in Ihiala was attacked, while Obosi and some other parts have had a similar experience.

The most recent was the killing of three policemen from Delta State Police Command while on official duty to Abia State as an advance team.

The men were, however, intercepted in Ihiala where three out of the four of them were killed.