It was reported on Friday night concerning an attack by gunmen at Oguta police station in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.The gunmen who invaded in the middle of the night were repelled by cops on duty.
The gun battle which lasted for hours left a police mobile officer dead with some of the hoodlums escaping with gunshot injuries. The attackers threw explosives at the police facility and opened fire on the men on duty, source said.
“ Gunmen attacked Oguta 1 police division and killed one visiting mobile police officer.“They threw explosives on the police station but they were engaged. They ran away with gunshot injuries with a minimal damage on the police facility.”
This came less than four days after Agwa and Umuaka police divisional headquarters were invaded with some of the non-state actors neutralised, exhibits recovered and policemen sustaining injuries.