Gunmen on Saturday attacked Umuguma Police Station in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State and killed two officers on duty.
An eyewitness confirmed the attack on the police headquarters to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday.
The source, who pleaded anonymity, said the hoodlums came in two Toyota Hilux vehicles and attacked the station with explosive device.
The source said two officers were seen dead at the station after the attackers left for an unknown destination.
He further narrated that while one of the officers was killed and cut with a machete, the other victim died at a water dispensing stand where he went to drink water after he was shot in one of his legs while trying to escape.
A NAN reporter, who visited the scene, confirmed that no fewer than 12 vehicles parked at the police station and the roof of the station were burnt by the explosives used in attacking the station.
Confirming the incident, the spokesman of Imo State Police Command, Chief Superintendent of Police Michael Abattam, said the hoodlums were repelled by the officers on guard.
Abattam said: “I can confirm that there was an attack on the Umuguma Police Station, but the hoodlums were immediately repelled.”
He added that the police have mounted serious manhunt for the hoodlums.