Police repel attack on Ihiala station, recover rifle
Dec. 28, 2022
The Police in Onitsha said its operatives has repelled an attack by some gunmen on Ihiala police divisional headquarters and recovered an abandoned AK-47 rifle.
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra command, confirmed the attack to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.
Ikenga said: “Our operatives in the early hours of today engaged some gunmen who attacked Ihiala police divisional headquarters and recovered one abandoned AK-47 rifle.
“Unfortunately, the explosives the gunmen threw inside the police station had already ignited fire that affected the building.”
Ikenga assured that security operation was still ongoing in the area, promising that further details would be communicated to the public. (NAN)