Following the news reported in some media outlets suggesting that the Assemblies of God Church situated at Oguta Road in Onitsha, Anambra State, the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, Princess Nkiruka Nwode has confirmed that the incidence has nothing to do with Church attack.
Nwode who spoke in Awka while reacting to the development said that the attack was on policemen who were on foot patrol along Oguta Road Onitsha.
According to her, the attackers were hoodlums who disguised themselves as masquerades to dispossess innocent citizens of their belongings and in the process killed a police man and injured some others.
Some people suspected to be gunmen on Sunday, shot dead a policeman and a civilian near Assemblies of God Church, Oguta Road Onitsha, Anambra.
An eyewitness said the gunmen had stopped near the Church, adding that on sighting some policemen at the church, they opened fire on them.
The source also said the attackers made away with the rifle of the slain policeman.
“When the firing became too hot, the policemen abandoned their patrol vehicle and ran away for safety.
“The gunmen moved to their patrol van and took a gun belonging to the policeman they killed,” he said.
The witness said he could not identify the number of armed men involved.
Another witness said, “Gunmen on Okada (motorcycle) shot a policeman and collected his rifle.
“They also shot dead an Okada man while escaping and the passenger he was carrying was injured.
“The policeman was the one armed among his colleagues; they were providing security while church service was going on at Assemblies of God Church, Oguta road Onitsha”.
Recall that in an effort to ensure safer society, the government of Anambra State recently launched Motorbike Brigade in addition to several other Security Units that maintain regular patrol of our communities.
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