Five persons were killed on Saturday morning when hoodlums invaded Izombe Police Divisional headquarters in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

It was gathered that while two policemen on duty were shot dead, three of the invaders also lost their lives.

The attackers whose plan was to bomb the station engaged the cops in a duel battle which resulted in lost of lives.

The police spokesperson for the command, Michael Abattam, confirmed the attack and added that five persons which included two cops and three hoodlums died in the attack.

Abattam said, “On August 13, at about 02:45 hours, armed bandits suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB/ ESN terror group, came in their numbers to attack Izombe Police Station but could not gain access to the station due to the swift response of the ever alert Imo Command’s Tactical teams and Personnel of Operation Restore Peace of the command who intercepted and repelled the bandits.

“The bandits who on sighting the police engaged them in a gun duel were subdued, due to the superior fire power of the police. They fled into the bush and in the process three of the bandits were neutralisated and their arms one pump action gun with two rounds of live cartridges and one locally made double barrel pistol with two expended cartridges were recovered from them to the station .

“While others escaped into the bush with bullet wounds. Unfortunately, the command lost two of it’s gallant officers in the attack.

“Meanwhile, the tactical teams are presently, in pursuit of the bandits and combing the bush for the arrest of the fleeing bandits and possible recovery of their arms.

“The command is using this medium to call on the good people of Imo State especially, the Izombe community to assist the police with credible information that will lead to the arrest of the fleeing bandits and to report to the nearest police station any person(s) seen with bullet wounds.

“Also hospitals are advised to ensure that they report any person(s) who come to them for treatment of bullet wounds.”

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Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Tragedy

ESN/UGM terrorism will not prevail in Imo. IPOB should inform their PDP masters and Ihedioha that they’ve failed to make Imo ungovernable. From the beginning of Nnamdi Kanu’s madness, dude has always had his eyes set in Imo simply because it's an APC state. If Enugu and Ebonyi known to be at the border of herdsmen attack lacks the formidable presence of ESN, then it means that that of Imo is politically motivated.

Uzodinma has things under control and those who wish to destroy Imo due to selfishness are on a dead cruise.

Some people will come and be saying the world is going to an end because of this... The inky thing I see us this world is going no where but am not sure of Nigeria ooo

So ipob terrorist have resume back to their dastardly attack on security agencies even despite the fact that policemen not mind them.some of you that supporting impunity of ipob will cry bitterly when the thing start backfire.

Don't think you can run to southwest we can only accommodate little with what we have already accommodated.

I doubt the police killed any of them.

Ugly news everywhere: IPOB doesn't need killings to achieve their goals. Yoruba is looking for the same thing with zero violence.


Why are they wasting their own lives?

What I don't understand is why despite their "superior fire power" and gallantry, the police keep dying and the scores difference is usually narrow. Imagine the UGM losing 3 with their pump action gun- and Police losing 2 with their superior fire power

etokhana:

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Mynd44

Pintures or vindios or I don buliev it

DSS/JTF concocted propaganda. ESN doesn't attack police stations. Only f0ols will believe any story that comes from an unreliable security agency, that produces the likes of the fraudulent criminal, Abba Kyari.

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Very stupid police

Always very quick to name Ipob and ESN

Without investigation

No single person caught alive

But they have concluded because it happened in South East

Warning hospitals is just to scare them not to treat all the innocent people they will start shooting in name of looking for IPOB

This same superior fire power can't be used to rid the country of fulani terrorists roaming free?

Tinubuadvocate:
So ipob terrorist have resume back to their dastardly attack on security agencies even despite the fact that policemen not mind them.some of you that supporting impunity of ipob will cry bitterly when the thing start backfire.

Don't think you can run to southwest we can only accommodate little with what we have already accommodated.

Just shut up your dirty mouth if u got nothing to say agbaya

As a Nigerian, I'm deeply worried by the security happenings in the south east, please can we know what these miscreants really want,what's the purpose and aim of killing police men and burning police station.
I know they might want to steal weapons from these police station but is that really a strategy.
For all these online miscreants who support the killing of innocent police men and women and the unnecessary death of young people in the name of a crazy Utopia country that may not materialise,I pray that your family members and children will be caught in these madness.

sapientia:
Very stupid police

Always very quick to name Ipob and ESN

Without investigation

No single person caught alive

But they have concluded because it happened in South East

Warning hospitals is just to scare them not to treat all the innocent people they will start shooting in name of looking for IPOB

Who else should be blamed if not ESN?
Before Kanu launched this terror group was there anything like this in the SE before?

kollinz1234:
What I don't understand is why despite their "superior fire power" and gallantry, the police keep dying and the scores difference is usually narrow. Imagine the UGM losing 3 with their pump action gun- and Police losing 2 with their superior fire power

Believe Nigeria police at your own perils.

only two policemen died on the attack, no unknown gunmen was killed, I'm reporting live from izombe.

Validated:

Believe Nigeria police at your own perils.

but is it possible that they are just overblowing their casualty number to gain public sympathy

What DSS does now out of fear and damage control is whenever the real unknown gunmen attack and kill security men, they also claim they killed some of them , in order not to appear incompetent.

Eastlink:
ESN/UGM terrorism will not prevail in Imo. IPOB should inform their PDP masters and Ihedioha that they’ve failed to make Imo ungovernable. From the beginning of Nnamdi Kanu’s madness, dude has always had his eyes set in Imo simply because it's an APC state. If Enugu and Ebonyi known to be at the border of herdsmen attack lacks the formidable presence of ESN, then it means that that of Imo is politically motivated.

Uzodinma has things under control and those who wish to destroy Imo due to selfishness are on a dead cruise.

ihedioha, that short mbaise man is the culprit here and he better be warned to stop now. Innocent people are dying coz if we open his case, there will be no hiding place for him

Is well

Imolites are enjoying the prophecy of Rev fr Mbaka, there's peace, harmony and progress in the state.

MightySparrow:
Ugly news everywhere: IPOB doesn't need killings to achieve their goals. Yoruba is looking for the same thing with zero violence.


Why are they wasting their own lives?

ANY SOUTHERNER (APART FROM ADADIKE AND HER FULANI BRETHREN) THAT BELIEVE THAT ESN ARE THE ONE BOMBING AND BEHEADING PEOPLE IN THE EAST NEED TO GET HIS HEAD EXAMINED

Eastlink:
ESN/UGM terrorism will not prevail in Imo. IPOB should inform their PDP masters and Ihedioha that they’ve failed to make Imo ungovernable. From the beginning of Nnamdi Kanu’s madness, dude has always had his eyes set in Imo simply because it's an APC state. If Enugu and Ebonyi known to be at the border of herdsmen attack lacks the formidable presence of ESN, then it means that that of Imo is politically motivated.

Uzodinma has things under control and those who wish to destroy Imo due to selfishness are on a dead cruise.

Afonja shut up.

SlayerForever:
I doubt the police killed any of them.

When they show you pictures of those that killed now, you will claim they are Igbo Catholics going to the police station with guns to go and preach to them, I don't know if IPOB members normally submit their brain before joining the proscribed terrorist group

MightySparrow:
Ugly news everywhere: IPOB doesn't need killings to achieve their goals. Yoruba is looking for the same thing with zero violence.


Why are they wasting their own lives?

How are you sure it's Igbos?

For your info we yorubas are not ready for independence,we will leave only if Igbos leave..

Combing everywhere indeed. We all know it will be to arrest innocent passersby.

I am an Igbo man but I don't like this all... We are suppose to be different from northerners and west.... What happnd??

SlayerForever:
I doubt the police killed any of them.

My sentiments exactly!
If they killed anyone, they would have been quick in showing their dead bodies with guns lying on them.

Walahi, you sabi this people