ABIA: Gunmen raze down Police facility in Umuahia

UNKNOWN gunmen yesterday razed down a facility occupied by the State Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Umuagu, Umuahia.

Some suspects detained in the facility were also released.

The extent of damages could not be immediately ascertained, but reports say a Keke Napep driver was killed in the mayhem.

This is the latest in a series of attacks targeted at government facilities in Abia state and in the south-east region generally.

The region is home to a secession movement championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which has been proscribed by a Nigerian court.

IPOB, which is seeking to create a Biafra nation, has ordered a sit-at-home directive today in respect of south-easterners who died in the 1967-70 civil war.