Police sources told SaharaReporters that the affected officers were mobile policemen attached to the 29 PMF and 54 PMF Umunze.
Some gunmen have reportedly killed three Nigerian policemen in Anambra State and stolen their rifles.
The incident which happened on Thursday, occurred at a police checkpoint at Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area of the state.
Police sources told SaharaReporters that the affected officers were mobile policemen attached to the 29 PMF and 54 PMF Umunze.
Reacting to the attack, the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, described it as unfortunate, noting that reinforcement teams were already in the area.
“It is an unfortunate incident and is part of the highest price security officers pay in serving the nation but the police command is not deterred by this development.
“The reinforcements teams are already in the area and the manhunt for the assailants is ongoing while joint security patrols have been intensified in the area,” DSP Tochukwu said in a short statement.