The Anambra State security outfit, Agunechemba Security Squad, has dismantled suspected gunmen’s camps in Orumba North and Orumba South Local Government Areas, recovering a cache of arms that included two General Purpose Machine Guns and locally made rocket launchers.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the outfit’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Nweke Nweke, said the rocket launchers had been handed over to the Nigerian Army.
He described the operation as a significant breakthrough in the fight against insecurity, noting that it followed intelligence gathering and undercover operations at major security flashpoints in Anambra South Senatorial District over the past few days.
According to Nweke, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for the work of the Agunechemba Security Squad and reaffirmed the Army’s commitment to partnering with the outfit and other security agencies to combat crime in the state.
The weapons handover took place on Saturday at the office of
