Nnobi Shooting: Anambra Police Call For Calm

The Anambra police command has called for calm following the shooting incident that took place at Izuchukwu junction, Nnobi/Nnewi road on Wednesday.

In the said incident, Security operatives mistook other operatives as unfriendly forces and subsequently opened fire at them.

While assuring that the shooting incident was not from non-state actors, the command also noted that it was also not an attempt to disrupt the burial of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.

According to the command, preliminary information indicate that the affected security operatives who were on an investigation, trailed a suspect to a security checkpoint before the gun duel with bullets hitting the fuel tank of the vehicle conveying the operatives.

Two innocent passers-by were also injured in the course of the shooting incident.

"Unfortunately, bullets hit the fuel tank of the Toyota Venza Sedan carrying the men, and it was razed down. Two innocent passers-by were injured and taken to hospital. The Command sues for calm to allow for investigations into the incident," the command said in a statement issued by the its spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu on Wednesday.

The command has since deployed members of its joint security team to the affected area to ensure Nnewi and environs remain calm going forward, particularly throughout the burial ceremonies of the late Senator.