CHUKA UBAH
Police operatives from the Imo State Police Command on Thursday 21 October, 2021, reportedly repelled an attempted attack on Isiala Mbano Police Station by armed bandits suspected to be IPOB/ ESN terror group.
According to the statement released by the spokesperson of the Command, CSP Micahel Abattam, he said the bandits arrived the Police station in about five vehicles and three motorcycles and threw petrol bombs on the roof of the already damaged building in the EndSARS imbroglio and started shooting indiscriminately.
CSP Abattam said the gallant Police operatives attached to the station returned fire, engaging them in a gun duel. He said they were able to repel the bandits and in the process, they zoomed off in their vehicles and motorcycles. Due to the gallantry of the police operatives, no arm was lost. The fire was extinguished not after causing some damages to the building.
He said one of the Police operatives who sustained a gunshot injury was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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