Gunmen at the weekend stormed the Onueke Police Station in Ebonyi State, killed three policemen, carted away two AK-47 rifles, and set the station ablaze.
The hoodlums also set all the vehicles and motorcycles on the police premises ablaze.
The Command has confirmed the attack on Onueke Police station, in Ezza South Local Government Area of the state.
Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ,DSP Loveth Odah , said the hoodlums attacked the station on Friday night.
Odah disclosed that the command had launched a manhunt for the hoodlums and urged anyone with useful information that will lead to the arrest of the hoodlums to reach out to the command, stressing that the perpetrators of the dastardly act must be brought to book.
She said, “three policemen were killed during the attack. We don’t know the identities of the attackers yet, and we are calling on the public to provide information to the police in order to hunt them down”
It was gathered that a certain woman whose house was close to the station also died from stray bullets from the hoodlums.
A source in Onueke told our reporter that the hoodlums after killing the officers, set the station ablaze and equally burnt all the operational vehicles and motorcycles of the police within the premises of the station and made away with two AK 47 rifles.
Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace in the state, Stanley Emegha, said that the government was shocked by the incident, adding that the Governor has directed the security agencies in the state to fish out the perpetrators of the crime within 48 hours.