Some burnt cars after the attack
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
The gallant Police officers Monday April 19, 2021, pushed back unknown individuals that attempted to overrun Zone 13 Headquarters of the Nigerian Police, located at Ukpo, Anambra State.
The Zone 13 Police Command Principal Public Relations Officer, Princess Nkiru Nwode (DSP) praised the courage of the Police officers, saying that the Zone is committed to ensuring safety of lives and property at all times.
“The Command suffered minimal damage but we successfully repelled the attack, and also recovered some weapons from the fleeing assailants”.
A source informed our correspondent that the fire in one of the buildings was started by a petrol bomb thrown from a distance by the attackers, and this spread to cars packed in the vicinity.
As at the time of filling this report, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, neither is the motive known.
It would be recalled that gunmen, on Monday morning, allegedly attacked Zone 13 Police Headquarters Ukpo, in the Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State.
They also burnt the cars parked at the premises of the Police Headquarters.
Our correspondent gathered that the circumstances behind the morning attack were still sketchy.
A Police officer on duty at the zonal Headquarters showed, through a video, the burning administrative building of the Headquarters which was also caused as a result of the incident.
Our correspondent also learnt from a source who travelled in a shuttle bus through the Zone, which is situated along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, confirmed that there was confusion at the place as at that moment.
