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Hoodlums Attack Abia Police Station, Kill Two Officers
Police said three inspectors were injured and a tactical team was deployed after the attackers used explosives and burned vehicles at the station.
- On Saturday, unidentified gunmen attacked the Uratta Eziukwu Police Station in Aba, Abia State, killing two police officers and injuring three others with explosives and gunfire.
- Attacks on police facilities in the South-east have significantly waned in recent years, though past violence was often attributed to the Indigenous People of Biafra , which has repeatedly denied involvement.
- The attackers struck at 2:26 a.m. with explosives, destroying a patrol van and generator before fleeing; injured officers sustained gun and machete wounds and were rushed to the Abia State University Teaching Hospital.
- Abia State Commissioner of Police Wilfred Afolabi is leading tactical teams to apprehend perpetrators, while Governor Alex Otti visited the station and hospital, pledging support for the injured officers.
- Police confirmed no firearms or ammunition were stolen during the raid, despite attacks in the South-east dropping 50 per cent following the 2025 imprisonment of Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa in Finland.
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Unknown gunmen attack Aba police station, kill two officers - NewsTmes.com.ng
Unidentified gunmen on Saturday attacked the Uratta Eziukwu Police Station in Aba, killing two policemen and injuring three others. The hoodlums who arrived with improvised explosive devices, set a police van ablaze, destroyed a vehicle and power generating set and some other property in the building. They destroyed the windows and doors in the police station before fleeing. …
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