Bandits kill police inspector in Imo as police repel attack

Armed bandits have launched another attack at Orsu Police Station in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, killing a police inspector.

The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Police Command, CP Abutu Yaro, disclosed this on Friday through a statement issued in Owerri by the Command Public Relations Officer, CSP Michael Abatham.

The CP said the armed bandits in their numbers, attacked and threw explosives and petrol bombs on top of the roof of Orsu Police station damaging the roof and causing a fire outbreak in the station which spread and affected some of the vehicles parked at the parking lot.

Yaro said that the command’s tactical teams on the ground immediately engaged the bandits in a gun duel, adding that due to the superior firepower of the police, the bandits were subdued.

The CP said that three of the bandits were neutralised and their guns, one pump action gun and two locally-made double barrel pistols were recovered while others escaped into the bush with bullet wounds.

He said: “unfortunately, a police inspector lost his life in the attack.”

The Police boss used the medium to call on the good people of Imo State especially, the Orsu community, to assist the police with credible information that will lead to the arrest of the escaped bandits and to report to the nearest police station any person seen with or treating bullet wounds.

The CP equally advised the management of hospitals in the state to ensure that they report any person who comes to them for treatment of bullet wounds.

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