Imo police confirms raze of courts, police station

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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri

The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the incident of razing of the divisional police station, magistrate and high courts in Atta council area of the state.

In a statement by the Command released through the state police spokesperson, Bala Elkana disclosed that it received a distress call on the incident.

According to Elkana, on May 29 some hoodlums mobilised in large number, stormed the premises High/Magistrate Court Attah and set it on fire. They also damaged a building that was constructed by the community intended to be used as a police station in Attah, Njaba Local Government Area.’

He said that the Imo Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, has ordered a full investigation into the incident and directed that no stone should be left unturned until the perpetrators of such heinous crime are apprehended and made to face the full weight of the law.

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