Gunmen on Tuesday set ablaze the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State.
The incident occurred just a day after unknown gunmen attacked Owerri Correctional Centre and the Imo State Police Command headquarters, freed 1,884 inmates and burnt over 50 vehicles.
The attack on the police station came few hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, sacked Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and other government officials visited the state to inspect the level of damage done to security facilities attacked on Monday by suspected IPOB members.
The gunmen were said to have set free all the suspects detained in the cell before setting the Police Divisional headquarters ablaze.
It was learnt that the policemen at the station did not resist the gunmen as they carried out their operations.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, declined to confirm the incident.
A senior police officer, who pleaded anonymity, however, said that the incident saddened the Command’s top brass.
Between February and March, unknown gunmen had razed Obowo, Abo Mbaise, Ihitte/ Uboma and Isiala Mbano Divisional Police Headquarters, killing three policemen and injuring others.