Anambra Police Commissioner, Monday Bala Kuryas
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
Tension in Anambra State, as gunmen ambush Ukpomachi village, Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area of the State, killings unidentified persons, destroyed properties worth millions of naira.
The Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, South East Zone, Alahaji Gidado Sidikki, who call our correspondent via telephone to informed them on the development, said those killed in the attacks are Fulanis living in the Community.
Alahaji Sidikki disclosed that a total of nineteen (19) Fulanis including children were attack and killed, stating that 23 cows also loss their lives and all their properties were destroyed.
“As I speak to you now, the dead bodies are with us at Amasea Community in Awka North Local Government Area.
“1 and 2 years old kids, who parents were killed in the attack, are currently receiving treatment at undisclosed hospital in the State,” he added.
The Chairman appeal to his members not to react but allow the police and other security agencies to do their work to unravel the circumstances surrounding the ungodly attacks.
But the State Police Command in a statement, issue by the PPRO, DSP Ikenganya Tochukwu, on the development, said that only nine persons were killed in the attack.
According to the statement; the Commissioner Of Police Anambra State Police Command, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Command’s Operational and Intelligence assets to identify and apprehend the unknown armed men, who violently attacked Ukpomachi Village, Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area of the State, in the early hours of 26th, April 2021.
Meanwhile, a crack team of Police Operatives of the Command, led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, have visited the scene and conducted on-spot-the assessment of the incidence and have successfully restored normalcy in the area and adequate security emplaced to forestall further occurrence.
The assailants, said to be armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons, invaded the village in their numbers and attacked the residents, resulting in the death of nine (9) persons (whose identities are yet unknown), injuries on some others as well as destruction of buildings and livestock.
To this end, the Commissioner while reassuring Ndi Anambra, particularly people of the Community, of the Command’s resolve to get to the root of the incidence, has called on them to remain calm and volunteer useful information that will enable the Police and other Security Agencies collaboratively handle and bring the situation to a logical conclusion, the statement.
