{"id":79885,"date":"2021-04-21T18:57:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T17:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=79885"},"modified":"2021-04-21T18:57:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T17:57:04","slug":"gunmen-attack-police-divisional-headquarters-in-enugu-two-police-officers-killed-others-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-attack-police-divisional-headquarters-in-enugu-two-police-officers-killed-others-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen attack Police Divisional Headquarters in Enugu, two police officers killed, others injured\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday attacked Adani Police Divisional headquarters in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Hassan Yahaya, the Commander, Nsukka Area Command, confirmed the incident and said he was already in Adani to see things for himself.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cYes, there was an attack on Adani police division early\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">Wednesday morning<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI am there now to see things for myself, assess level of destruction and know casualties,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA source in Nsukka on Wednesday said that two police officers were killed and others injured while the police division was razed down.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe started hearing sporadic gunshots\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">around 2am on Wednesday morning<\/a>\u00a0which created fear and panic in the area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe don\u2019t know who the gunmen were because the incident happened in the night.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIt is day break that we discovered that the attack is on Adani Police Division, two policemen were killed and some others injured as well as the station burnt,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nEfforts to get further comment from Mr Daniel Ndukwe, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Enugu State, on the incident were unsuccessful as many phone calls to his mobile cellphone were neither picked nor returned.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMeanwhile, there has been series of attacks on security formations in the South-East especially police commands in Anambra, Ebonyi and Imo states.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHowever, the attack on Divisional Police headquarters, Adani is the first to be recorded in Enugu State after the #EndSARS crisis last October.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday attacked Adani Police Divisional headquarters in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. 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