BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Again Storm Imo, Burn High Court, Police Station

Unknown gunmen have hit Imo, burning High Court and Police Station.

Onyxnews reports that the Atta Divisional Police Headquarters in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, southeast Nigeria, has been attacked and burned by unknown gunmen.

This online news platform learned that the hoodlums also razed the Atta Magistrate and High Court and vandalized the community’s health centre on Saturday morning.

A report monitored on PUNCH, quoted its correspondent who visited the area to have said that the attacks happened between earlier on Saturday, around 1 and 2am.

Sources in the area also said the hoodlums shot repeatedly for close to an hour before burning the government facilities in the community.

What former community leader said about the unknown gunmen

While speaking to journalists, former president-general of the community, John Agbaso, said:“I was the one who built the police station and the magistrate court and mobilised youths under the auspices of Transformations Ambassadors of Atta Nwambieri to build the high court.

“I did this so that our people will have access to government facilities. This latest incident is coming a week after they razed the house of our president general and killed his wife. The government should come to our rescue.”

The Police Spokesperson in the state, Bala Elkana, said that he had not been briefed.