SOME thugs set fire to the Umuchu Police Station, which is located along the Umuchu-Achina route, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Several accounts claim that the thugs broke into the location earlier today and set fire to the station.
The station which is currently being renovated by UIU members after being demolished by certain protestors in 2020 during the #EndSARS demonstration.
But according to reports, there were no casualties since the security officer had moved to the neighboring police Area Command Headquarters after the station was burned during the #EndSARS demonstration and hadn’t yet returned.
The state police spokesman DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the attack also stated that the station was still undergoing renovations.
“The police station is still under renovation before the hoodlums came in the early hours today and set it ablaze. The situation is under control and calm has returned in the area. We want to use this opportunity to reach out to the people of the community to assist the police with information on the already ongoing investigation, please,” he said.
The President-General, Umuchu Progressive Union, Charles Ezeabasili said, “This is disheartening and unfortunate. While the UIU has upgraded facilities at the police station and 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?
