Hoodlums, on Friday attecked Mgbidi Divisional Headquarters of Imo State Police Command, killing an Inspector.
Confirming the incident in a statement, Michael Abattam, Police Public Relations Officer in the State, said the incident occured on Friday when hoodlums invaded the station with sophisticated weapons.
The PPRO said that officers at the station engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel, adding that the assailants were repelled almost immediately.
He noted that the command subsequently launched an aggressive manhunt for the hoodlums with the aim of arresting them as they might not be able to run far due to huge damage done to them.
Read the statement in part: “The officers 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.
“However, in the course of the attack, a police Inspector lost his life, while another sustained minor bullet injury on his hand”.
