Police in Enugu are deploying the command’s operational and intelligence assets in a manhunt for gunmen who attacked and burnt Adani police station in Uzo-Uwani council area early Wednesday, resulting in the death of two officers.

Enugu police commissioner, Mohammed Aliyu, gave the order during a visit to the station alongside heads of other security agencies.

He called the violent attack and setting ablaze of the station “unprovoked and unwarranted”.

According to a police statement, the two officers on duty tried to resist the attack, leading to a gun duel.

Some of the attackers escaped with gunshot wounds, but two policemen were critically wounded and later confirmed dead in hospital, the statement said.

The attack came two days after gunmen burnt the Zone 13 police headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra.

Two weeks before that incident, the Headquarters of the Imo State Police Command in Owerri, was attacked with several vehicles burnt within the premises by armed men.

Other states in the zone have seen a rise in violent attacks targeted at security formations and operatives.

Daily Trust