Security personnel foiled an attempt by about 50 armed men who arrived in 7 buses to forcefully gain control of the Enugu State Government House in the early hours of Saturday.
“They carried flags with different inscriptions and insignia belonging to some secret cults. They told the security men to open the gate claiming that they were at the government house on a protest. Sensing that there was danger, the security operatives rushed out only to see many of them with machetes, giving orders to their members to move into the government house."
Police officers, men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and soldiers were among the security operatives who shot several times at the invaders and prevented them from gaining entry into the government house.
The shoot-out lasted till about 4.30am, adding that no security personnel was injured during the attack.
They had pursued them from the government house premises into the Independence Layout but only succeeded in arresting three o f the invaders.
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