Unknown gunmen said to be numbering over seven, Thursday, attacked Ajali Police Station, in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing five policemen, and setting the station ablaze.
In a report by Vanguard, the gunmen were driving in two Sienna vehicles and one Lexus jeep.
Ajali, the headquarters of Orumba North Local Government Area, is the home town of former Chairman, National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chief Humphrey Nwosu.
The newspaper reports that the gunmen who were dressed in red T-Shirts and black Jean trousers, stormed the Police station in a Lexus car, and shot their way into the Police station after killing a policeman that accosted them on entry and a civilian.
They were said to have released all the people detained in the Police Station and ordered them to leave the premises of the station without further delay or have their lives snuffed off.
An eye witness said that the road leading to Oko, a nearby town to Ajali, has been cordoned off by security men who were engaged in a gun duel by the rampaging gunmen.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, could not be reached for comments on the ugly incident.
