BANDITS ATTACK ABOMEGE POLICE STATION EBONYI, INJURE POLICEMAN

Reporter : AMECHI ODO

Abomege Police Station in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been attacked by suspected bandits with a policeman critically injured.

An eyewitness, who pleaded to be anonymous, told Radio Nigeria that the attack occurred in the night.

He explained that police officers at the station repelled the attackers as they neither gained entry into the premises nor set the station ablaze.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Loveth Oda was not successful as she did not pick her calls.

Our Correspondent reports that persons suspected to be bandits have been attacking police stations in Ebonyi State since late 2020, which has claimed the lives of many police officers and some stations set ablaze.