A police station in Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been burnt down and several policemen were beaten up before the station was set ablaze. Several detainees were said to have been released by the arsonists suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, said in a statement that the Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, is presently at the scene for an on-the-spot assessment and has ordered the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to conduct a thorough investigation in order to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.”Meanwhile the police said it was “a case of fire incident for now until the contrary is proved through discreet investigation.”

Source: The North Africa Journal February 15, 2019 09:45 UTC