Gunmen waylaid a vehicle belonging to the Nigeria Correctional Services and killed a warder in Anambra

Gunmen on Friday waylaid a vehicle belonging to the Nigeria Correctional Services and killed a warder and one other person yet-to-be-identified person in Anambra State.

This came barely 24 hours after four naval officers and three policemen were killed in different locations in the state and their vehicles set ablaze. The police also said a police station at Ekwulobia in the Aguata Local Government Area was attacked at about 4am on Friday.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the attackers were however repelled by cops on duty.

The spokesperson for the state command of the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Mr Francis Ekezie, confirmed the attack on officials of the outfit. He said the command was devastated by the attack.