Police in Anambra have said that four policemen were killed while two were injured in the violence that followed the #EndSARS protests.
Commissioner of Police in Anambra John Abang said this in Awka on Wednesday during the parade of 17 suspected hoodlums.
Mr Abang said 11 police stations were burnt down and six vandalised while motorcycles, ammunition and other valuables were stolen.
He said that about 20 vehicles were razed including an armoured personnel carrier and patrol vehicles.
“In the course of these heinous acts, the hoodlums murdered four police officers, including the DPO of Osumenyi Division, CSP Akpan Joseph, ASP Agu Micheal, the Station Officer and a young Police Corporal, Udegbunam Sunday Celestine, while leaving two others injured.
“In their state of callousness, the hoodlums also murdered and beheaded Insp. John Oche, attached to the Anti- Cultism Unit and burnt his body while parading the streets with the deceased policeman’s head,” he said.
Abang said other private and public property were vandalised and looted by hoodlums including the state revenue house, OCHA Brigade office and private trucks loaded with goods.
The police commissioner thanked Governor Willie Obiano, traditional rulers and town unions for their support in restoring peace to the state.
