The premises of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station, was yesterday invaded by gunmen, while some staff members who were on night duty were brutalized.
An eyewitness said the gunmen burnt a building, a company bus and another vehicle parked on the premises.
While noting that no life was lost in the attack, the eyewitness stressed that the gunmen, however, brutalised members of staff they met on the premises, inflicting different degrees of injury on them.
A source, who was at the scene of the incident, also confirmed the attack, adding that the staff members on duty were mercilessly flogged, while two vehicles were burnt.
The Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the attack in a statement, said no life was lost.
The statement reads in part: “Following a distress call today, May 30, 2022, at about 4:30 am, of a case of arson in Anambra Broadcasting Station, Idemili North, the police operatives responded swiftly and prevented the hoodlums from causing damage on the structure.
“Unfortunately, two operational vehicles belonging to the station were affected.”
Meanwhile, he said that the station has been cordoned off and operation is still ongoing in the area.
