Just a day after gunmen attacked Imo Police headquarters in Owerri and the correctional centre, Unknown gunmen again struck on Tuesday invading another police facility in the State.
The latest attack was carried out on the Divisional Police Headquarters in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area – just about an hour-and-a-half drive from the state capital.
Sources said the gunmen, who came in buses and in a large number, arrived at the police station and freed all the suspects in detention before setting the building ablaze.
Police authorities in the state confirmed the incident although they insisted that the armoury at the station was intact.
“Ehime Mbano (Police) Division has just been attacked, no casualty on the part of the police, no loss of arms, three vehicles burnt,” Orlando Ikeokwu who is the Police Public Relations Officer said in a text.
On Monday, gunmen attacked the Police Command Headquarters in the state where they burnt almost all the vehicles parked there.
