Nigeria, May 16 -- Two gunmen and a security operative were killed in Anambra State on Thursday during a deadly shootout between security operatives and some assailants in the state.

The incident happened at a checkpoint manned by a joint security team in Isuofia, a community in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Friday that some gunmen had attacked the security operatives at the checkpoint, who responded to the attack.

"Two of the armed hoodlums were neutralised in the process. Regrettably, one of the security operatives was fatally wounded, while one of the security operational vehicles was burnt by the bandits," said Mr Ikenga, a superintendent...