Police in Anambra State has taken over the scene of an attack by armed hoodlums on the office of the Vigilantes at Amesi, Aguata Local Government Area in the late hours of Friday, 25th April, 2025.

 

Police Public Relations officer in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement he issued, explained that the takeover followed the attack by armed hoodlums on the facility where, unfortunately, four patrol vehicles and two motorcycles were burnt; as a result of the gun duel by security operatives resisting the armed hoodlums from gaining entrance.

 

No life was lost during the incident, and calm has returned to the area as men of the Joint Security Force have intensified offensive operation in the area, the statement noted.