In the early hours of Monday, some suspected gunmen set the Ubakala Divisional Police Station in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia and killed two policemen.

The Abia police spokesperson Godfrey Ogbonna who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia, said the hoodlums attacked the station around 12.10 a.m., with explosives.

According to him, the operatives, who were deployed to reinforce security at the station, tried to repel the assailants.

“In the process, we lost two of our men,” he said, pointing out that the number of the attackers had yet to be ascertained.

A resident of the area who spoke anonymously said the midnight attack caused serious panic among residents of the community.

“We were asleep when suddenly we began to hear serious gunshots.

“Everybody in my house was woken up by the sound and then came an explosion, followed by fire,” the eyewitness said.

Gunmen recently carried out attacks on police stations in Aba, Isialangwa, Uzuakoli and Nkporo.

They also attacked the offices of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and Independent National Electoral Commission in Ohafia.

Meanwhile, the police said no arrest had been made but that full investigations were ongoing to get the perpetrators of the attack.