Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has visited Imo state where he appealed to residents to reject violent groups following an armed attack on a police headquarters and a prison facility in the State.
Spokesperson Laolu Akande in a statement said the Vice President In his speech in Owerri, condemned the attacks as an assault on the way of life of the good people of the state,
The statement read, Nigerians must come together and reject the agents of anarchy seeking to cause chaos for their own selfish interests, especially as there are many more who are working tirelessly to build up the country’s system and to enhance it.
According to reports, the early Monday attack targeted the police headquarters in Owerri during which one police officer sustained gunshot injury.
The gunmen, using guns and dynamites, also attacked the Owerri correctional facility where over 1,800 inmates were freed. The police have blamed the attacks on the outlawed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) and its security arm, ESN.
Osinbajo was on a one-day visit to Owerri, Imo State, where he also commissioned a road project executed by the state government.
While in town, the VP also visited Imo State Police Headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Centre, both of which were attacked in the early hours of Monday.
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