Five Policemen Killed As Gunmen Attack Another Police Station In Imo

Five Policemen Killed As Gunmen Attack Another Police Station In Imo

Gunmen have attacked another police station in Ehime Mbano, Okigwe South Local Government Area of Imo State, killing five policemen.

Also, one police officer is said to be missing.

The spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the incident.

He said, “I can confirm an attack on OKIGWE SOUTH AREA COMMAND HQRS, Ehime Mbano LGA, by yet to be identified gunmen, five officers have been killed, while one is yet to be accounted for.

It was gathered that the incident occurred around 7.00 pm just less than two days after hoodlums attacked the residence of Governor Hope Uzodimma in his Omuma Community, Oru East Local Government Area.

The incident, it was gathered, caused serious panic in the area with villagers running to hide inside bushes.

They were equally said to have made away with police weapons.

A source said, “We started hearing gunshots around 7.00 pm and the gunshots became heavier around the Orieagu Market.

“We thought it was the First Bank there that was being robbed until after the attack that we discovered that it was the Area Command.

“It was after about one hour later that some of us emerged from the bushes to check what happened and counted about six policemen lying in the pool of their own blood.”