The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the security agents to go after terrorists who attacked Police headquarters and correctional centre in Owerri in the early hours of today.
This is coming after the IGP revealed that those behind the attack are IPOB Members, and the Eastern security network members.
President Buhari’s statement was made known by his aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad.
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President @MBuhari has directed security and intelligence agencies in Imo State to fully mobilize and go after the terrorists that attacked the Police Command HQ and the Correctional Facility in Owerri, apprehend them and get them punished under the full weight of the law.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) April 5, 2021
Recall that Anaedoonline.ng published that Imo State Police Headquarters and Prisons are currently on fire, as well setting over 1500 inmates free.
It was revealed that some unknown gunmen attacked the station at the wee hours of the night.
The attackers razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and burnt almost all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters.
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The hoodlums freed all the suspects in almost all the cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the police command.
The gunmen operated from 1am till 3am on Tuesday.
They sang solidarity songs at the Government House roundabout for about 30 minutes before attacking the facilities, a security source confided in our correspondent.
On breaking into the prison facility with the aid of explosives and dynamite, the attackers told inmates, “Go home, Jesus has risen. You have no reason to be here.”
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