Hoodlums set police station ablaze
Some hoodlums have burnt down the Umuchu Police Station, along the Umuchu-Achina road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Sources said the hoodlums stormed the station at about 3am and set the facility on fire. It was gathered that the station was recently renovated by members of the Umuchu Improvement Union, UIU, having been destroyed by protesters during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. The community leaders, according to the source, had renovated the station and its adjourning infrastructure and upgraded it to fit the status of a divisional police station before donating it to the Police to help in the fight against insecurity the area. There was no record of casualty as the security operatives had since vacated the station and relocated to the nearby police Area Command Headquarters after it was destroyed during the #EndSARS protest and were yet to return. Confirming the incident, the President-General, Umuchu Progressive Union, Charles Ezeabasili, said: “This is di...