May 17, 2021

No fewer than two police officers have been killed following an attack on the Apumiri Ubakala Police Station in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the police facility in the early hours of Monday, razed down the station and burnt some vehicles.

Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna, proved abortive as his phone number was not reachable.

According to Channels Television report, the slain officers were two males and their bodies have been deposited in the morgue.

Security formations in the South-East have been targeted by gunmen of recent, with Abia State recording no fewer than three attacks on police formations in less than three weeks.