By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The Nigerian Police have lost five officers to gunmen in Ehime Mbano, Imo State.
The armed gang, whose identity is not yet known, struck the Police Station in the early hours of Monday April 26, 2021.
The group, after killing the officers and injuring another, burnt the station, while one police officer is reported missing.
Also, at Orji in Owerri, near Imo State University, armed men struck again, killing a lady on Monday night.
Recall that recently, armed bandits also razed the Aboh Mbaise police station in Nguru, Imo State.
The spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the Ehime Mbano incident.
The Ehime killing came two days after gunmen invaded the country home of the state governor, Hope Uzodinma in Omuma, Oru East Local Government Area of the state.
During the attack, they burnt part of the building and razed some vehicles in the compound, killing at least a security official.
According to the Commissioner of Information in the state, Declan Emelumba, the attack was repelled by a combined team of security operatives attached to the house.
Although some eyewitnesses had blamed the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), the outlawed group however denied carrying out the attack.
Imo State has been experiencing series of attacks lately, especially on security formations.
On April 5, armed men invaded the headquarters of the Imo State Police Command and the Nigerian Correctional Service in Owerri, burnt the facilities and freed over 1,800 inmates.
Unfortunately, one person suspected to be a fleeing prison inmate was hit by a stray bullet.
But Governor Uzodinma has repeatedly accused some politicians of funding banditry to run down the present administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) both at the state and federal levels.
After meeting President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, the governor condemned the recent attacks by armed bandits on communities and challenged the security agencies to urgently reveal the names of their sponsors.
He also condemned the call for secession, stressing that criminals particularly in Imo were a combination of individuals within and outside the state.
