Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The two-hour gun battle, which happened in the early hours of Wednesday, January 14, occurred at the ever-busy Enugwu-Agidi Junction axis of the state.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed the development in a press statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the operation marked yet another major breakthrough in the Command's sustained efforts to dismantle criminal networks and maintain public safety across Anambra State.

SP Ikenga explained that operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, acting on credible and actionable intelligence, laid a strategic ambush on a five-man gang of armed hoodlums suspected to be involved in arm...