Police have confirmed the attack.
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He said the hoodlums also visited a hotel in the area where they shot some people and abducted a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people.PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.
“They started shooting themselves and then the gunmen killed the Nnewi vigilante commander,” he stated.Another resident, Victor Ofodeme, said the gunmen snatched some vehicles and mobile phones from people before opening fire on them. Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the vigilante operatives subsequently engaged the gunmen in a shootout in Nnobi.
The spokesperson said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Nnaghe Itam, has ordered a manhunt for the attackers whom he described as “cowards.”The commissioner appealed to witnesses to support police operatives with information that will aid ongoing operations to track down the killers.Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Anambra State with frequent attacks by armed persons.
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