Cajetan Mmuta

Unknown Gunmen on Friday evening attacked and burnt down Amichi Police Station located at Nnewi South Local government area of Anambra state.

This is coming 24 hours after hoodlums burnt down Nnewi South LGA Headwuaters on Thursday by gunmen.

The latest attack on the police station in the area has jolted residents and people across the state.

Although there was no presence of policemen in the building when the gunmen struck.

Police Public Relations Officer!PPRO) of the state command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga when contacted disclosed there were no policemen working in the station at the time the incident occurred.

He said the station was under renovation through community efforts when the gunmen attacked the area again.

According to the command, the attackers destroyed what the community people renovated due to the past destruction of the building.

Most people are said to be confused over the approach of the state Governor Prof. Charles Soludo on handling members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The governor had during his inauguration on March 17 this year promised to initiate dialogue with IPOB and other agitators with a view to bringing about lasting peace and development across the state, a move IPOB members welcomed with appreciation and support to the state government.

But, shortly, after the swearing-in ceremony, the APGA led directed all market leaders, transporters, and others to ensure they resume normal business.

The directive is said to have hurt members of the proscribed body, especially, the measures put in place by the state government without the much-expected dialogue.

Recall that gunmen had on Thursday set Nnewi South local government area on fire.

A security guard was killed during the attack on the council secretariat by the Gunmen.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo had ordered security agents in the state to fish out those behind the ugly incident.

Soludo charged the security agencies to ensure that the attackers did not escape the wrath of the law.

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Soludo who visited the scene of the incident in the company of the Commissioner of police in the state, CP Echeng Echeng, urged the people of the state not to be discouraged by the development, assuring that his administration has the capacity to handle the situation.

He described the arson and killing of the security guard as “mindless and very unfortunate”.

The governor said it was ungodly for any person to take the life of another..

Soludo added that the destruction of the key buildings within the local government including the education office and Works department, as well as, the local government traditional rulers building complex was a huge economic waste

He decried that the funds that would be deployed in reconstructing them would have been deployed to provide other critical infrastructure.

Ikenga stated that the Amichi and the other Police Stations were still undergoing reconstruction as they were among the stations attacked during the 2020 EndSARS protest, adding that there was no casualty and that a team of police personnel had been drafted to the area to ensure peace.

According to him, the hoodlum did not only attack Nnewiechi police but also attacked osumoghu and Ezenifite police stations.

He said that the police state stations were under reconstruction since they were among the stations affected during the EndSARS saga.

According to him, after the endsars saga, all the policemen in the state police stations were moved to area command and there were no policemen there.

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“After the ends incident, the communities started reconstruction of those stations and they have not finished them.

By the time of the attack, there were no policemen there. I wondered why somebody would attack them ” he said

He said normalcy had been restored and urged residents in the area with useful information to make them available to the police to enable the command to deal with those responsible for the insecurity in the area.