Unknown gunmen have attacked Adogo Police
Station in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State, with dynamites
in an attempt to loot the armoury. However, they were repelled by the
policemen on duty.
The
attack, which was carried out on Sunday with heavy dynamites, set the
building on fire, according to a statement by the Force Public Relations
Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Monday in Abuja.
The
Police said no casualty was recorded by the men on duty, but some of
the hoodlums, it said, escaped with bullet wounds, adding that the area
has been reinforced while frantic efforts are ongoing to track-down the
fleeing gunmen.
It said, “At about
2100hrs of September 21, 2014, unknown gunmen unleashed heavy attack on
Adogo Police Station in the Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi
State, from different directions of Okene, Ajaokuta and one other route,
apparently desirous of carting away police arms.
“The
policemen on duty swiftly took positions and returned fire. The heavy
dynamite launched by the attackers demolished and set fire on a part of
the station.”
The Police appealed to
members of the public to report anybody seen with bullet wound to the
nearby police station or other security agencies.
In
a related development, following the reported selling of babies by some
Motherless Babies’ Homes in the country, the Acting Inspector-General
of Police, Suleiman Abba, has directed all Assistant Inspectors-General
of Police in charge of Zonal Commands, State Command, Commissioners of
Police and other Police field commanders to put measures in place so as
to put an immediate end to the illegal sale of babies in the country.
While
directing that all the Motherless Babies Homes and centres in their
respective domains should be properly monitored so as to nip in the bud
the trafficking of babies within and outside the country, the IG
directed that all Police personnel should be thoroughly lectured on this
subject.
