Nigeria News
Gunmen demolish police station in Abia State;releases suspects in detention
Unknown gunmen have faxed down a facility occupied by the Abia State Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Umuagwu, Umuahia.
Three policemen die after gunmen attack a police station in Delta
Some suspects detained in the facility were also released.
A policeman who craved anonymity confirmed the development to Channels Television.
The extent of damaged could not be ascertained at government facilities in Abia State and in the South East region generally.
The region is home to a secession movement championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which has been proscribed by a Nigerian court.
IPOB, which is seeking to create a Biafra nation, has ordered a sit at home directive on Sunday in respect of South Easterners which died in Nigeria’s deadly civil war.
