Newly-Renovated Police Station set ablaze by thugs in Imo

On Thursday, armed thugs set the Aboh Mbaise divisional headquarters of the Nigerian police on fire.

The youths had driven to the building and threw fuel cans into the compound and drove away, it was registered.

The Station, said to have been renovated after the EndSARS protest last year, was completely burnt to the ground.

State Police Public Relations Officer Orlando Ikeoku, who confirmed the story, said the duty officers engaged the hoodlums in a shoot out before they escaped.

Adding that even though no life was lost, injuries were suffered by one of the policemen.

He said: “Today being 25th February 2021, at about 7 pm, some yet to be identified hoodlums in four vehicles, attacked the divisional police headquarters Aboh Mbaise, shooting sporadically.

“The officers on duty engaged them in a gun duel.

“At the end of the melee, one Policewoman sustained a gunshot injury and has been taken to the hospital for treatment.

“Regrettably, the station that was just renovated after being razed down by hoodlums during the EndSars saga, was again set ablaze.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Imo State, CP Nasiru Mohammed, has activated all tactical teams, with a view to fish out and arrest the fleeing hoodlums,” the statement added.

Ikeoku said an investigation into the matter has commenced.