Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s security outfit, Agunechemba, has stormed operational base of gunmen and kidnappers with many feared dead.
During the raid, some of the hoodlums fled with various degrees of injuries while many guns and other items were recovered.
The operation took place at Enugu-Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area, around 1 am on Thursday.
Since the inauguration of the the outfit in the mode of the then “Bakassi boys” during the late Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju’s era, no fewer than six camps of the hoodlums have been destroyed.
The “Udo Ga Achi and Agunechemba” troops invaded the area with other security outfits including the Police, DSS, Military among others.
It was learnt that the operation was based on intelligence report and one of the gunmen was arrested too.
Ikengaonline reports that items recovered in the raid include two AK- 47 Riffles, 8 Pump Action guns, 4 locally made Pistols, 3 packets of Cartridges (101 Cartridges) 4 empty Magazines of AK-47 Riffles, 3 Cutlasses, one Baofeng Radio, one motorcycle and many charms.
Efforts to hear from Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, was not successful, but one of the Senior Police Officers in Anambra confirmed the development.
He said it was a joint operation led by the Police Command based on intelligence gathering.
