{"id":89832,"date":"2021-12-13T16:47:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89832"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:47:10","slug":"one-killed-as-hoodlums-attack-abia-police-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/one-killed-as-hoodlums-attack-abia-police-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"One killed as hoodlums attack Abia Police headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m24664\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A police Inspector, attached to the State Police headquarters in Umuahia, has been killed following an early morning attack at the headquarters by suspected bandits.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Police sources disclosed that the Policeman was among those on guard duty in front of the headquarters,when the hoodlums struck at about 1am,Monday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He was said to have joined his colleagues\u00a0 to engage in a gun battle which made the hoodlums to flee the area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The sources further that the hoodlums could have\u00a0 gained entry in the police headquarters but for the superior fire power of the policemen on guard.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to a motorists plying the Umuahia- Bende road; &#8221; I thank God the attack didn&#8217;t happen during day time ,many people especially policemen would have been killed by the bandits.Everyday, the policemen guarding the station mount road blocks intimidating and extorting money from motorists openly in the front of the state police headquarters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Motorists who refuse to pay are taken inside the open space opposite the state police headquarters. Even the Commissioner of Police sees the policemen extorting money from motorists from the windows of her office over look in the road,but she has not don&#8217;t anything to stop them. Since the policemen in guard are always focused on collecting money from motorists,too many lives would have been lost.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spokesman of the Abia State Police Command, Geoffrey Ogbonna,a Superintendent of Police, was yet to respond to text message and calls to his mobile number.However, a senior Police officer in the state, confirmed the attack and added that investigation has commenced into the incident.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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>A police Inspector, attached to the State Police headquarters in Umuahia, has been killed following an early morning attack at the headquarters by suspected bandits. 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