The Anambra Police Command has refuted claims that gunmen attacked a Hausa Community at Atani in Ogbaru Council Area of Anambra State earlier this week.
Reports had it that the gunmen attacked the Hausa community and killed about seven persons.
But the spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, explained to Nigeria Info that the reported attack was not targeted at any community.
He said it was an attempted firebombing of the Ogbaru Council headquarters.
“I can confirm that no Hausa Community was attacked in Atani and the attack was not targeted at any community as alleged be it Hausa, Igbo, or Yoruba.
“It was a case of attempted arson that was foiled by police operatives at Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat, Atani.
“Our operatives engaged the hoodlums and prevented them from causing the damage they intended at the secretariat,” he said.
Mr. Ikenga confirmed that the attackers shot sporadically as they escaped, killing seven persons.
There has been an upsurge in armed attacks in Anambra State, with Governor Chukwuma Soludo setting up a Truth, Justice and Peace Committee on April 6.
