A Keke driver feared dead as unknown gunmen attacked the Abia State Police Criminal Investigation Department.
The unknown gunmen reportedly set ablaze the State Police Criminal Investigation building.
The incident which occured Saturday evening threw the state capital into pandemonium as residents scampered for safety heavy exchange of fire between police and the assailants.
Huge thick smoke emanating from the facility located along Uzuakoli Road Umuahia could be sighted from different locations of the city.
Casualty not yet clear as police source observed that one tricycle operator was hit by stray bullet.
Attempts to confirm the incident from the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO Geoffrey Ogbonna were unsuccessful as he did not pick calls put across to him.
Police at the Zone 9 Police Command Umuahia confirmed the incident.
Meanwhile a heavy gun battle is on going in Owerri this evening Saturday 29 May 2021.
Owerri observing the sit at home order as the State capital is quite and lonely
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