Less than 24 hours after gunmen razed down the Atta police station in Njaba local government area of Imo state, another police station in Izombe in Oguta local government area has been torched by some unknown gunmen.
However just unlike the Atta incident, four of the hoodlums met their untimely death in an exchange of fire with security agents.
Police Spokesman, Bala Elkana, said that the latest incident took place , between 7pm and 10pm on Saturday
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Bala said that “The hoodlums in their number launched an offensive on Izombe Police Station but were repelled by the gallant Policemen on duty. Four hoodlums were neutralised during the attack while others escaped with bullet wounds”.
He said that a mop up operation is ongoing with a view of arresting other fleeing members of the gang.
In a related development, the police said that they uncovered an illegal depot at Ogbo oshishi (timber market) Naze in Owerri North Local Government Area, where petroleum products were stored for onward transportation to locations targeted for attacks.
Bala said that the police, acting on information received from credible source, Operatives of the Command attached to Anti riot unit and Quick Intervention Team moved to the place and arrested six persons
He said that the depot is made up of fourteen shops which were all piled up with the petroleum products suspected to have been obtained through bunkery.
He said that one Tanker Truck with registration number GWA 568 AA was Intercepted discharging petroleum products into some drums and sacks using a Robin EY15 pumping machine, adding that both the truck and the pumping machine were recovered.
