Some yet-to-be-identified persons have burnt down the Umuchu Police Station, along the Umuchu-Achina road, in Aguata local government area of Anambra State.
According to sources, the hoodlums stormed the place at about 3am yesterday and set the facility on fire.
It was gathered that the station was recently renovated by members of the Umuchu Improvement Union, having been destroyed by protesters during the #EndSARS protest in 2020.
The community leaders, according to the source, had renovated the station and its adjourning infrastructure and upgraded it to fit the status of a divisional police station before donating it to the Nigeria Police to help in the fight against insecurity in the area.
There was no record of casualty as the security operatives had since vacated the station and relocated to the nearby Police Area Command Headquarters, after it was destroyed during the #EndSARS protest, and were yet to return. The station was reportedly vacated after it was attacked in 2020; and there were no Police personnel on duty at the time of yesterday’s attack.
Confirming the incident, the President-General, Umuchu Progressive Union, Charles Ezeabasili, said, This is disheartening and unfortunate. While the facilities at the police station have been upgraded and only awaited the return of Police personnel, the hoodlums are busy destroying, demolishing and burning down the facility meant for our own good. How do we progress?
The State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, could not be reached for reactions, as he did not respond to calls and messages sent to his telephone.
