Imoites Panic As Gunmen Attacked Police Command, Freed 1500 Prisoners

Sadly, Gunmen on Monday morning attacked the Owerri Correctional Prison in the Imo State capital and freed over 1500 inmates.

The information available to us revealed that the attackers also razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and burnt almost all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters.

Aside from that, the hoodlums who operated from 1 am till 3 am freed the suspects in almost all the cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the command.

They sang solidarity songs at the Government House Roundabout for about 30 minutes before attacking the facilities, a security source confided in our correspondent.

On breaking into the prison facility with the aid of explosives and dynamite, the attackers told the inmates to go home.

This unfortunate incident has thrown the citizens into a frenzy that if the state command is not safe how much more civillians.