Some gunmen Thursday attacked a police facility in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east.
The police spokesperson in Imo, Mike Abattam, who confirmed the attack in a statement on Thursday, said the incident occurred in the early hours of the day at Ideato South Police Station.
The gunmen were “shooting sporadically, and threw Improvised Explosive Devices into the station,” said Mr Abattam, a chief superintendent of police.
“The hoodlums were immediately repelled by the command’s tactical team and the police operatives of the division and in the ensuing gun duel, the hoodlums were overwhelmed by the superior fire-power of the police,” the police spokesperson said.
He said no life was lost during the attack, but that the improvised bomb caused “minimal damage” to the police facility.