Some unknown gunmen on Monday morning attacked the Otoko Police Divisional Headquarters situated on the Owerri-Umuahia expressway in Imo State, and injured two officers.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the attack on the police station situated in the Obowo Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, caused serious panic in the neighbourhood.
Two policemen were terribly injured and had been rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
Monday’s attack in Imo was the latest violence in the region where separatist violence is on the rise.
Southeast Nigeria has seen a surge in violence, with more than 130 police and other security personnel killed by gunmen since last year, according to local media tallies.
Authorities have blamed attacks on either the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, which is campaigning for a separate state for the ethnic Igbo people, or its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN).
The group has denied responsibility for the violence.
Separatist movements in Nigeria are particularly sensitive after a 1967 unilateral declaration of an independent Biafra republic by dissident Igbo army officers sparked a 30-month civil war.
