Nnobi Attack: Anambra CP Olofu dispatches Police crack team to fish out perpetrators

By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Tony Olofu, has detailed Police Crack Team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police on-the-spot assessment of the scene where yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked members of the public.

The gunmen, who stormed Afor Nnobi area, Idemili South Local Government of the state at about 7:40pm on Sunday, September 26, 2021 shot three people who were later declared dead at the hospital.

The CP enjoined the Crack Team to identify and apprehend the hoodlums and bring them to book.

While describing the attack as unfortunate, Olofu called on anyone with useful information to aid the ongoing investigation to please come forward.

A statement on Monday by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said: “Preliminary Investigations reveals on above mention time and date, the attackers using a Toyota Sienna vehicle and a shuttle bus shot and attacked the unsuspecting members of the public on transit along Afor Nnobi Market.

“The victims were rushed to the hospital and later confirmed dead by a medical doctor on duty. They were later identified as one Johnbosco Ojokwu ‘M’ 33yrs, Rapuluchukwu Ugoeze ‘M’ 30yrs and Chukwuemeka Nwokebagu ‘M’ 31yrs. The hoodlums also set ablaze one shuttle bus, one Toyota Sienna and a Toyota hilux.”