Happening Now: Gunmen Set Police Station On Fire, Free Suspects

Gunmen have freed suspects after setting police station ablaze.

The gunmen suspected to be hoodlums on Thursday night set the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo state on fire.

The police station, Onyxnewsng gathered it is situated at Umuelemai in Imo State.

According to reports gathered, the armed hoodlums who set the suspects free struck amidst serious rainfall starting from about 6pm yesterday.

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On arrival on Thursday, the hoodlums opened fire on the station before setting it ablaze.

The cops on duty were said to have fled, making the attackers have a field day.

An indigene of the area told Punch correspondent that the hoodlums shot repeatedly at the police station.

“The gunshots were terrifying. We were terribly tense owing to the gunshots. They supervised the burning of the place before living,” he said.

The police spokesperson in the state, Mike Abattam, had yet to confirm the attack but a senior official who pleaded anonymity confirmed the incident and disclosed that the authorities had began an investigation on the incident.

Meanwhile, Onyxnewsng recalls that fleeing gunmen had on March 19, set the same Divisional Police Headquarters on fire.

Apart from freeing suspects in detention, the attackers kidnapped one of the female cops on duty on that day.