UNKNOWN GUN MEN STRIKES AGAIN, SACKS UBANI POLICE STATION




Ubani Market Police station in Umuahia North Local Government Area, Abia State has been set ablaze by Unknown Gunmen in the early hours of today, Sunday, May 9, 2021.

IGBO PATROIT MAGAZINE gathered that there were no casualties as security is being beefed up in the city of Umuahia.



Effort to speak with the Abia state Police PRO, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna was unsuccessful as calls to his phone number were not answered nor returned.











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