Two Police Officers Killed As Gunmen Attack Abia Police Station, Three Injured

TWO police officers have been confirmed dead, while three others are receiving medical attention following an attack by unidentified gunmen on Uratta Division Police Station in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State.

News Point Nigeria reports that the Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Wilfred Afolabi, confirmed the casualties while addressing journalists at a hospital in Aba, shortly after Governor Alex Otti’s on-the-spot visit to the police station.

Afolabi urged police officers to remain vigilant and take the necessary precautions to prevent a recurrence of the attack.

The police commissioner, who conducted the governor around the station, disclosed that the attackers had set a police van ablaze and destroyed a Toyota vehicle, a power generator and other valuables inside the building.

He said investigations were ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice, while thanking Governor Otti for his intervention and pledge to cover the medical bills of the injured officers.

The incident comes five months after 17 officers were killed during a terrorist attack on the Nigerian Army Special Forces School in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State.

The victims were reportedly undergoing specialised operational training at the institution when terrorists launched a coordinated attack on the facility in the early hours of May 8, 2026.

The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Placid, said the attackers stormed the training facility from multiple directions at about 1:15 a.m., leading to an intense confrontation during which the officers lost their lives.

Last month, a police officer was among five people killed in separate attacks in Barkin Ladi and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State, despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on the affected areas.