There is currently tension in Aba commercial town in Abia State, over sounds of gunshots at the police area command, Daily Trust reports.
Residents were going about their normal activities when suddenly security operatives started shooting sporadically.
All roads around the police command have been barricaded and residents have been ordered back to their houses.
The newspaper quoted a top police source as saying that security operatives got intelligence that the gunmen that unleashed terror on security formations in Imo State were on their way to Aba Area Command.