Joint Security Operatives on Thursday night during a gun battle killed eight hoodlums after they resisted an attack on Orlu Divisional Police Hedaquarters in Imo state.
Weapons and seven vechicles were recovered during the operation.
Locals confirm Troops reinforcement to the scene was swift.
The Police Spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, is yet to issue a statement but a senior police officer said that the corpses of the hoodlums and their vehicles had been brought to the state police command headquarters in Owerri.
“We successfully repelled an attempt to raze Orlu Divisional Police Headquarters last night. The hoodlums came in multiple vehicles and sophisticated weapons and asault riffles. They were repelled and eight of them were gun down and with seven vehicles belonging to them recovered,” the source told Punch.
“Their corpses and seven vehicles belonging to them had been conveyed to Imo state police command headquarters in Owerri. As I speak to you now, they are with us. You need to see their charms and other things hanging on their necks.
“It was a big war. The gunbattle lasted for hours but our men made up of the police, military and air force overpowered them. They were denied access into the police station premises. Eight of them were killed and seven vehicles recovered while others fled.”
