Two officers lose their lives, three others injured as gunmen assault Abia police station

Two senior cops hooked up to the Abia State Command had been murdered and three others had been injured after gunmen attacked the Uratta Divisional Headquarters in Aba, Abia State at about 2am on Saturday, October 17.

According to studies, the gunmen used explosives to destroy a part of the constructing.

The hoodlums had been additionally mentioned to have burnt the station’s patrol van and operated for near an hour with none problem.

Unconfirmed report has it that the gunmen had been on the scene looking for weapons and ammunition, however that they had been unable to get any.

Confirming the incident, the police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Maureen Chinaka, mentioned at about 02:26hrs, the hoodlums attacked the division with explosives, leading to a fireplace that broken a part of the constructing and the divisional patrol van.

She mentioned two senior cops misplaced their lives, whereas three inspectors sustained accidents and are presently receiving medical consideration.

The Command additional clarified that no firearms or ammunition had been carted away by the attackers through the incident.

According to the PPRO, the Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, personally led an operational group comprising tactical items of the Command to the realm.

The group combed the encircling surroundings and restored calm, whereas intensified safety operations and monitoring are ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators. she mentioned