The Abia Police Command has confirmed an attack on its stop-and-search team in Umuahia on Wednesday.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna, two police officers were wounded and riffles carted away.
 

The PPRO said: “The State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office was not attacked, but those on stop-and-search, in front of the Umuagu Office of the State CID, at Uzuakoli road, Umuahia.”
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The Command, therefore, pleaded for information, saying that investigations into the incident had commenced.
 
Information has it that about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, some fleeing gunmen attacked the police team.

An unconfirmed source said: “The gunmen had probably robbed somewhere and were escaping when they encountered the police team.”