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Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Saturday, March 19, invaded the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state.
The armed men killed two police constabularies who were on duty and burnt down the facility.
They were said to have barricaded the roads leading to the station before attacking with explosives and shooting sporadically.
An anonymous resident told PUNCH; “These guys are mean. On arrival, they blocked the roads, threw their dynamite into the police station and equally opened fire. They now waited to attack officers who ran out for safety.
“Unfortunately, two police constabularies by name Ifeanyi and Iyke were killed. Ifeanyi was from Umunkwo in Umuguma community here. He was a final year student at the Imo state University in Owerri. I knew him. It is just one year now he was recruited. He was trying to scale the fence when they used machete and cut him. He was sliced. The young man died on the spot. This is very unfortunate.
“The second victim, Iyke, was from Avu community. They shot him in one of his legs as he fled. He has been found dead now at a water stand where he possibly went to drink water. This is very unfortunate.”
Another source said, “Fire fighters just quenched the fire now. The corpses of the two constabularies are here. They are about to evacuate them. This is very saddening. The entire place is in a state of fear and confusion as we didn’t sleep last night. The sounds of the guns and bombs were too frightening. The invasion was deadly. We are in God’s hands in this state.”
The attack came few hours after the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 9 Umuahia, Isaac Akinmoyede, left the state after a one-day working visit.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Micheal Abattam, had yet to respond to an inquiry concerning the attack.
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