Mr Ikenga said the case has also been transferred to the State Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation and prosecution.
An early morning fire has gutted the popular Soprom Hotel in Onitsha, Anambra, with property worth millions of naira lost to the inferno.
A source said about 15 armed men attacked the camp of the vigilantes in the early hours of Monday and opened fire on them but were repelled by security agents.
However, he disclosed that two persons of interest have been arrested and they are currently assisting the police in their investigation.
Mr Echeng said the command would continue to do everything within its power to protect the vulnerable from all forms of inhuman acts their guardians subject to them.
According to him, the police had also neutralised some armed men in the area and recovered vehicles and lots of police and military uniforms.
“Four police operatives paid the supreme price while a section of the station, one police patrol vehicle and three exhibit vehicles parked in the premises were set ablaze.”
The Scorpion Squad has operational similarities with the defunct “Bakassi Boys” which rained terror on criminals and opponents in the early 2000s
IPOB had ordered a sit-at-home order across the South-East but the directive was not effective in Awka, as people were seen going about their normal business.
Hoodlums killed no fewer than nine persons in Ukpomachi village, Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area of the state early Monday morning.
