Unknown gunmen, Thursday evening, attacked a checkpoint in Isuofia community, Aguata Local Government Area.
However, two members of the armed gang and a security personnel lost their lives during the attack.
Isuofia is the community where the Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo hails from.
Anambra State Police command's Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident.
Ikenga said: "One of the Anambra Joint Security Team in the late evening of 15th May 2025 resisted an attack by armed criminals at the Security checkpoint in Isuofia.
"Two of the armed hoodlums were neutralized in the process. Regrettably, one of the security operatives was fatally wounded, while one of the security operational vehicles was burnt by the bandits.
"During the ensuing gun battle and due to the superior fire of the Joint security team, the criminals abandoned one of their operational vehicles, a Toyota Sienna and fled the scene."
He added that the commissioner of police in the state, CP Orutugu had assured that the command would apprehend the perpetrators, as the act was viewed as a test of the collective resolve of the Anambra people working with security forces to dislodge the criminal elements in the State.