Anambra: Three Killed As Security Operatives, Hoodlums Engage In Gun Battle

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

How Lawyer, Client, were murdered as they left Court room

The Anambra State  Police Command, on Friday, May 16, 2025, said that calm and normalcy have been restored in Isuofia Community, Aguata Local Council after Thursday’s deadly gun duel between Security Operatives and some hoodlums.

The incident which occurred at a security checkpoint  Thursday evening resulted  in the death of two of the gunmen and a Security Operative.

A statement from the State Police Command Spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, SP, informed that the attack also led to the razing of one security operational vehicle.

According to Ikenga, the gunmen launched a surprise attack on the security team manning the checkpoint ,shooting sporadically.

However, a swift response from the security operatives  led to  the neutralization of two of the armed hoodlums, with one security personnel paying the supreme sacrifice.

“Two of the armed hoodlums were neutralized in the process. Regrettably, one of the security operatives, was fatally wounded, while one of the security operational vehicles was burnt by the bandits”, the police spokesman stated.

Instructively, the attack on the security outpost, occurred same day some yet-to-be identified assailants shot and killed a lawyer and his client in Nanka community in Orumba   Local Council of the State.

Eye witness accounts informed that the legal practitioner and his client were double-crossed and shot by the gun men operating on a  motorcycle ,while on their way home from the court

According to the Police preliminary investigation the lawyer had earlier secured the bail of an accused person in an ongoing murder case at the state High Court II  in Ekwulobia.

He was said to be driving home in celebration mood in company with his  client, when the assailants struck.

The police further explained that one of the victims of the attack, however, survived ,and is recuperating at a medical facility.

The survivor is also said  to be assisting the police in its investigation of the matter.

The bodies of the dead ,as well as the lawyer’s vehicle ,a Toyota Camry ,have been recovered,according to the police.

Further speaking on Friday ,Ikenga noted that the State Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye Orutugu,  while condemning the attack on the security checkpoint ,has directed  the immediate deployment of special operatives to track down the other fleeing members of the terrorist group.

According to the Police statement, other members of the gang abandoned their Toyota Sienna operation vehicle and fled into the nearby bush after the death of two of them.

CP Orutugu ,while describing the attacks as a test of Anambra residents’ resolve to collectively work with security agencies to rid the State of criminals ,also vowed to deploy every available means in hunting down the perpetrators .