No fewer than two individuals have been hospitalised when the Anambra police operatives and native safety operatives engaged in a gun duel that lasted a number of minutes on Wednesday.
The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed the incident on Thursday mentioned the incident occurred on the Izuchukwu Junction, Nnobi/Nnewi Street.
He urged Nnewi residents to not panic, saying that Joint Safety Forces have been deployed to make sure Nnewi is calm all through the burial ceremonies of the late senator.
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he mentioned, “The command is conscious of the taking pictures incident that happened at Izuchukwu junction, Nnobi/Nnewi street by 7 pm on Wednesday 20/11/2024 the place safety operatives mistook the police operatives as unfriendly forces and opened fireplace at them.
“Nevertheless, the command needs to emphasize that the assault on the operatives was not from non-state actors or any try and disrupt the burial of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.
“Preliminary data confirmed that safety operatives on investigation trailed a suspect to a safety checkpoint earlier than the gun duel ensued.
“Sadly, bullets hit the gas tank of the Toyota Venza Sedan carrying the boys, and it was razed down.
“Two harmless passers-by have been injured and brought to hospital. The command sues for calm to permit for investigations into the incident.
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