Gunmen Friday night, attacked Mgbidi Divisional Police headquarters in Imo State, killing a police Inspector and injuring another.
The attackers, it was gathered, stormed the police division at about 9pm shooting sporadically.
However, men of the command engaged the gunmen, repelling them and in the process, a police inspector lost his life.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Micheal Abattam confirmed the incident on Saturday.
He said, “On 14th January, 2022 at about 20:45 hours, the Command’s Tactical teams at Mgbidi Police Station repelled an attack by some hoodlums who came in a white hilux vehicle shooting sporadically, attempted to gain entrance into the station but were repelled by the ever gallant Imo Command’s Tactical teams and the police operatives of the division who positioned themselves professionally.
“They engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel. In the process, the attackers were suppressed almost immediately, having suffered a huge defeat, with a number of them sustaining various degrees of bullet wounds, they retreated and escaped in the Toyota Hilux vehicle they came with. And were given a hot chase by the police operatives.”
