Two suspects have been taken into custody by the Anambra State Police Command over an assault on law enforcement and military personnel in Enugwu-Agu Village, Oba Ofemili, Awka North Local Government Area.
An Army operational vehicle was also set on fire at a community checkpoint as a result of the alleged April 13, 2025, attack on the operatives.
In a press statement made on Tuesday, the spokesman for the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspects were detained on June 2, following a follow-up on investigation by the officers of the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu.
According to Ikenga, CP Ikioye Orutugu, the state commissioner of police, called the attack an assault on the nation’s soul and a test of the security forces’ will.
He said, “Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu, in a diligent follow-up of investigation over an attack on police and military operatives that recorded the burning of an Army operational vehicle in Enugwu-Agu Village, Oba Ofemili, Awka North LGA, at about 9.45 am on June 2, 2025, arrested two suspects positively identified in the disturbing incident.
“The two suspects – Uche Egwu ‘M’ 35 years, and Jindo Onyeka ‘M’ 32 years respectively – confessed their involvement and provided useful information on other persons involved in the act.
“The disturbing incident occurred on April 13, 2025, where some armed individuals unprovokedly attacked the security operatives and some stakeholders of the community.”
The police boss commended the act of gallantry and professionalism of the security operatives in managing the situation, as no loss of life was recorded, describing the attack on the police as a grave and deliberate act to test the will of the security agencies and as an attack on the soul of a nation.
“The CP charged the operatives to expand the scope of their investigation for the possible arrest of other fleeing suspects.
He also underlined that in order to protect those who defend the country, everyone must work together.
