Gunmen attack house, police station in Imo

The atmosphere of peace and tranquility that returned to Imo State recently was shattered yesterday, when gunmen razed the country home of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor GEORGE OBIOZOR, and Umuguma Police Headquarters in Oru East and Owerri West local government areas respectively.

Eyewitnesses explained that two police constabularies on duty were killed during the attack on the police headquarters but the police spokesperson in the state, MICHAEL ABATTAM, told newsmen that no casualty was recorded.

The attack on the police headquarters was said to have started at the eraly hour of yesterday with heavy bombardment that resulted in loss of properties worth millions of naira.