Nigeria, June 7 -- Combined security operatives have killed an armed hoodlum in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the hoodlum was killed on Thursday morning when the combined security operatives raided a camp belonging to a gang of criminals in the state.

The spokesperson said the camp, located in Agulu-ezechukwu Community in Aguata Local Government Area of the state, was razed by the operatives during the operation.

He said the police conducted the operation in collaboration with the personnel of the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy, the State Security Service, the Nigeria Security & Civil...