Nigeria, March 28 -- Gunmen have bombed the Police Divisional Headquarters, in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, South-east Nigeria.

Residents of the community told PREMIUM TIMES that the hoodlums invaded the police facility in the early hours of Thursday and threw explosive devices into the facility.

One of the residents, who asked not to be named, said the hoodlums wanted to free some inmates in the facility.

He could not, however, say if any inmate was eventually freed by the hoodlums during the attack.

When contacted on Thursday morning, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack to PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr Okoye, a superintendent of police, said the explosive devices thrown by the atta...