Two Officers Killed As Gunmen Attack Another Abia Police Station

No fewer than two police officers have been killed following an
attack on the Apumiri Ubakala Police Station in Umuahia South Local
Government Area of Abia State.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the police facility in
the early hours of Monday, razed down the station and burnt some
vehicles.

Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Geoffrey Ogbonna, proved abortive as his phone number was not
reachable.

The Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede is yet to address
journalists on the incident.

Our correspondent learnt that the slain officers were two males
and their bodies have been deposited in the morgue.

Security formations in the South-East have been targeted by
gunmen of recent, with Abia State recording no fewer than three
attacks on police formations in less than three weeks.

Just five days ago, two policemen were injured when armed men
stormed a police formation in the Bende Local Government Area of
the state.

A group of hoodlums, in a large number, were said to have
attacked the police station in the night and set it on fire.

While the two policemen injured during the attack have been
taken to a hospital for medical attention, the police command vowed
not to rest on its oars to fish out the perpetrators.

The Commissioner of Information in Abia, John Okiyi, confirmed
the attack on the police station to Channels Television on
Thursday.

He was of the opinion that Abia has remained one of the safest
states, and called on those behind attacks on government facilities
in the state to have a rethink.

Also on May 9, hoodlums attacked a police facility located at
the Trademore Estate in Umuahia, the state capital.

While no life was lost in the incident, one of the police
personnel on duty sustained an injury and has been taken to a
hospital for treatment.

No fewer than two police officers have been killed following an
attack on the Apumiri Ubakala Police Station in Umuahia South Local
Government Area of Abia State.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the police facility in
the early hours of Monday, razed down the station and burnt some
vehicles.

Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Geoffrey Ogbonna, proved abortive as his phone number was not
reachable.

The Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede is yet to address
journalists on the incident.

Our correspondent learnt that the slain officers were two males
and their bodies have been deposited in the morgue.

Security formations in the South-East have been targeted by
gunmen of recent, with Abia State recording no fewer than three
attacks on police formations in less than three weeks.

Just five days ago, two policemen were injured when armed men
stormed a police formation in the Bende Local Government Area of
the state.

A group of hoodlums, in a large number, were said to have
attacked the police station in the night and set it on fire.

While the two policemen injured during the attack have been
taken to a hospital for medical attention, the police command vowed
not to rest on its oars to fish out the perpetrators.

The Commissioner of Information in Abia, John Okiyi, confirmed
the attack on the police station to Channels Television on
Thursday.

He was of the opinion that Abia has remained one of the safest
states, and called on those behind attacks on government facilities
in the state to have a rethink.

Also on May 9, hoodlums attacked a police facility located at
the Trademore Estate in Umuahia, the state capital.

While no life was lost in the incident, one of the police
personnel on duty sustained an injury and has been taken to a
hospital for treatment.