No life was lost in the attack, a police officer said.
Gunmen have attacked another police station in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south, in less than 24 hours after the killing of five police officers and a wife to one of the officers in a similar attack in the state.
PREMIUM TIMES could not immediately get the police reaction on the attack, as the police spokesperson, Odiko MacDon, did not respond to calls from our reporter. An official of the Akwa Ibom State Government said the gunmen shot the officers dead while they were asleep and then set ablaze the administrative block of the station.
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