Hoodlums Set Police Station Ablaze In Ebonyi Community

Suspected hoodlums on Thursday attacked the Police Divisional Headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State, and burnt the left-wing of the Station.

DSP Loveth Odah, Spokesperson of Ebonyi Police Command, in a press statement in Abakaliki, said, four patrol vehicles were also burnt.

“On Thursday at about 0325hrs, hoodlums, suspected to be members of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), attacked Onicha Divisional Police Headquarters, Isu, in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State.

“One policeman sustained machete cut injuries during the attack and he is responding to treatment in the hospital,” the statement stated. 

Meanwhile, in another report, President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu by three months.

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This development was disclosed on Thursday afternoon by the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He noted that the extension of the IGP’s tenure by the president is to allow enough time to select a new police boss.

Adamu was expected to leave the office on Monday 1st February 2021, having completed his 35 years maximum stay in service. The police boss enlisted on February 2, 1986.