The new Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Bala Kuryas, has visited two spots in Mkpologwu, Aguata Local Government Area and Omogho in Orumba North, where gunmen attacked police patrol teams this morning.
Mr Kuryas who is the new Anambra state CP, along with high-ranking police officers in the command, made the trip after a distress call from the Area Commanders informing him of the deadly attacks.
According to eye witnesses, including some policemen who escaped the attacks, the gunmen who drove in both a salon car and a Mercedes Benz 4Matic SUV, opened fire on the policemen who had been deployed on patrol in the two areas.
The attackers also set a police patrol van on fire.
Addressing the press after assessing the situation in the two areas, the Anambra Police CP, Mr Kuryas, described the attacks as wicked, and noted that pending a full assessment of the event, his men would still remain on patrol on the spots.
There was no immediate motive for the attacks or the number of casualties involved as at the time of this report, but the new Anambra State Police Commissioner has assured that the hoodlums would soon be captured.