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Imo Attacks: Why Assailants Overran Police – Minister
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Imo Attacks: Why Assailants Overran Police – Minister

Mohammad Dingyadi, Minister of Police Affairs has said the Imo State Police Command was overrun by gunmen because they deployed their full arsenal and came in large numbers. The Minister disclosed this on Friday when he appeared on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by Punch. African News Today had reported how gunmen attacked the Owerri Correctional Centre, freeing over 1,800 inmates. The assailants also burnt the Imo State Police Command headquarters in Owerri and razed all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters. Dennis Amachre, a former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, DSS, had said the secret police alerted the Nigeria Police Force at least three times before Monday attacks in Imo but the police failed to act on intelli...