Gunmen Attack Abia Immigration Office As Police Kill Tricycle Operator

Gunmen have attacked the Abia Command of Nigeria Immigration
Service(NIS) located at Ubakala axis of Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt
Expressway in Umuahia South local government area on the outskirts
of the state capital.

While the amount of damage to the facility was yet to be
verified, our correspondent gathered no life was lost during the
attack.

The attack, our correspondent gathered, occurred on Saturday
evening.

It came few hours after gunmen attacked Abia Police Command’s
Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at Ugwunchara along
Umuahia-Uzuakoli-Ohafia Expressway.

The situation was said to have heightened fears among Ubakala
indigenes and residents yet to recover from the attack on
Divisional headquarters of Nigeria Police in Apunmiri
community.

The incident was said to have forced many residents and
indigenes to quickly close as economic activities were grounded at
the busy Ubakala junction and the daily Apunmiri market.

Also, the corpse of a yet-to-be identified commercial tricycle
operator has been reportedly found discovered.

Eyewitnesses alleged the deceased was shot by policemen in a
convoy suspected to be heading towards the attacked State CID
facility.

Contacted, Abia State Police spokesman, Geoffrey Ogbonna, was
yet to respond to enquiries on the incidents.

Gunmen have attacked the Abia Command of Nigeria Immigration
Service(NIS) located at Ubakala axis of Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt
Expressway in Umuahia South local government area on the outskirts
of the state capital.

While the amount of damage to the facility was yet to be
verified, our correspondent gathered no life was lost during the
attack.

The attack, our correspondent gathered, occurred on Saturday
evening.

It came few hours after gunmen attacked Abia Police Command’s
Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at Ugwunchara along
Umuahia-Uzuakoli-Ohafia Expressway.

The situation was said to have heightened fears among Ubakala
indigenes and residents yet to recover from the attack on
Divisional headquarters of Nigeria Police in Apunmiri
community.

The incident was said to have forced many residents and
indigenes to quickly close as economic activities were grounded at
the busy Ubakala junction and the daily Apunmiri market.

Also, the corpse of a yet-to-be identified commercial tricycle
operator has been reportedly found discovered.

Eyewitnesses alleged the deceased was shot by policemen in a
convoy suspected to be heading towards the attacked State CID
facility.

Contacted, Abia State Police spokesman, Geoffrey Ogbonna, was
yet to respond to enquiries on the incidents.