Armed Gunmen Attack Funeral And Set Vigilante Vehicle Ablaze In Anambra State (Video)

 

Unidentified gunmen attacked a funeral in Ndingbu village, Nnewi South Local Government Area.

According to salemgists, the shooters targeted vigilante operations who were providing security at the event.

The gunmen also went to the Utuh hamlet in the same Local Government Area, where they set fire to a vigilante operations' office and kidnapped one person, according to sources.

The state police command's spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the heinous development in a statement.

According to Ikenga, the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, has ordered a manhunt for the armed individuals, adding that the operatives ordered to go against the gunmen include Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorist unit, Special forces and others, whom he said are already in the area, and that normalcy had been restored, while operation was still going on.

He said:

“Although no notification was given to the Police about the planned burial, but information reveals that the Vigilante groups where invited.

“Further details received showed that the miscreants arrived the ceremony and started shooting sporadically in an attempt to disarm the vigilante operatives.

“In another development, the hoodlums also attacked, Utuh Viligante office, abducted one of the members of staff and set the Vigilante Operation vehicle on fire.”