Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Combined security operatives in Anambra State have killed four armed hoodlums during a shootout at a criminal camp in the state.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Friday, said the hoodlums were killed on 21 August when the combined operatives raided their camp.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad in Awkuzu conducted the operation in collaboration with Agunechemba Vigilante Group.

The police spokesperson said the hoodlums were members of an unnamed separatist group and that their camp was in Awa, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.

"During the well-coordinated operation that lasted fo...