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By Iheanyi Chukwudi
Isi-Uzo Divisional Police station in Ikem, Enugu state, has been attacked by gunmen who allegedly made away with arms and ammunition in the Police armoury.
The attack which took place in the early hours of Tuesday, according to sources from the area witnessed the storming of the unfenced police station at about 2am on Tuesday.
The gunmen the source said operated in a Toyota Sienna bus, shouting “Release Nnamdi Kanu,” “No Nnamdi Kanu, no peace.”
The source further said, “They came through Eha-Amufu and left through the same axis but it’s not possible they got to Eha-Amufu township or crossed to Nkalagu, otherwise they would have been encountered by the soldiers in that area. It’s possible they went through Aguamede to Benue state."
A policeman on night duty at the police station was said to have miraculously escaped death after being shot by the gunmen.
The said divisional police station is said to have in the past been under severe attacks by armed robbers who terrorised banks at Ikem and Eha-Amufu, resulting in the closure of banks in the area for over 10 years now.
It is also reported that the porous divisional police station is the only one in the whole of Isi-Uzo LGA with the closest at Obollo-Afor, a 30 kilometres distance.
The Enugu State Police Command is yet to speak on the attack or confirm it, more than 17 hours after the attack allegedly took place.
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