Gunmen have staged a fresh attack on a Police facility in Ohaukwu, some few kilometres from the Ebonyi State Police Command headquarters in Abakiliki, the state capital in South-East Nigeria.
Sources say the heavily armed attackers reportedly killed a Police Inspector during gun duel with operatives that were on night duty.
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At least 2 operational vehicles parked at the premises of the divisional station were set ablaze with explosives while parts of the building were equally torched.
State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah who confirmed the incident to ait.live said, the strong resistance by the policemen on duty, repelled further attacks, thereby denying the gunmen access to the station’s armory.
Odah said the slain policeman died in the hospital due to the gunshot injuries he sustained during the attack.
The latest attack on the police station comes barely 2 weeks after gunmen stormed the 2 communities of Isu and Onicha-Igboeze in Onicha Local Government Area killing 8 persons including 2 policemen and 2 lawyers.
The State Police Command says it has opened investigations into the latest incident.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
