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The Police Command in Anambra State has opened up on how it managed to repel an attack by gunmen operating near the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, in Ihiala local government area of the state.
The Eastern Updates gathered that the gunmen had operated for two nights, creating fear among the residents and forcing many to relocate.
Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said the hoodlums shot repeatedly in Uli community, within the vicinity of the campus of the university.
Ikenga said: “The operatives are on the trail of the hoodlums. Consequently, more operatives, operational, and intelligence resources of the command have been further deployed to the area to reinforce the security of the university and its environs.
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“However, no casualties were recorded, and order has been fully restored in the area.”
He reiterated the unwavering commitment of the Command to maintain law and order, as well as the security and safety of residents of the community and state in general.
In another report, indigenes of Amakor village in Nanka, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State have cried to the State Government out over the devastating effect of erosion in their environment and homelands.
Leaders of the village, under the umbrella of Amakor Njikoka Development Union in a press release signed by its chairman and secretary, Mr. Ilo Obinna Daniel and Mr. Patrick Okole respectively which was sent to The Eastern Updates on Thursday accused the traditional ruler and President General of Nanka Community, Igwe Godwin Ezilo and Rev. Can. Ifeanyi Ezike of being behind the excavation of sand in the village.
This outcry comes months after Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo banned sand excavators from the community.
The community said the destruction of their environment through sand mining by the traditional ruler is part of the marginalisation Amakor has faced in the hand of the leadership of Nanka community leaders.
