Gunmen operating in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Friday attacked a police van, killing one of the policemen at a junction.
Sources said the incident happened at about 9 am on Friday, and that the attackers when repelled by the policemen threw an improvised explosive device at the police team, and that one of them was ripped by the devise.
Police command in the state, however confirmed this in a press release by the state police command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.
Ikenga said the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has ordered a manhunt operations on the gunmen.
He confirmed that the men were attacked at a checkpoint at Omata junction, in Uruagu community, along the Nnewi Oba road.
He said: The manhunt operation led of Assistant Commissioner in charge of Nnewi Area Command is already working with the locals in the area to unmask and apprehend the attackers.
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