Gunmen have bombed the Police Divisional Headquarters, in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, South-east Nigeria.
According to PREMIUM TIMES he hoodlums invaded the police facility in the early hours of Thursday and threw explosive devices into the facility.
One of the residents, who asked not to be named, said the hoodlums wanted to free some inmates in the facility.
He could not, however, say if any inmate was eventually freed by the hoodlums during the attack.
When contacted on Thursday morning, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack.
Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the explosive devices thrown by the attackers affected part of the police facility.
“Our operatives gallantly resisted the attackers, which made them flee,” he said.
The spokesperson said no life was lost and that the hoodlums neither carted away weapons nor abducted any police operative during the attack.
He said police operatives were currently carrying out operations in the area to track down the hoodlums.
