BREAKING!!! Unknown Gunmen Set Imo Police Headquarters, Prisons on Fire, Free Prisoners | #IgbereTV
A very disturbing report just reaching IgbereTV newsroom says that indentified armed hoodlums have Set Imo Police Headquarters (State CID) ablaze and freed unconfirmed number of Prisoners Monday morning.
Reports say a correctional facility and police investigations department in Owerri in Imo State Capital were set ablaze by the unidentified attackers in an overnight operation on Monday, April 5.
IgbereTV understands that reports on social media by witnesses said the attackers struck the prison and police department shortly after midnight, freeing a yet-unconfirmed number of inmates and suspects.
Some eyewitnesses say over 3000 inmates excaped during the attack.
Heavy gunfire also rang through the area.
