Nigeria, March 1 -- Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked a police station in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria's South-south.

This is the latest in a series of attacks against police officers and police facilities lately in Nigeria's South-east and South-south regions.

It is unclear, for now, if the attacks are coordinated or isolated incidents.

The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom State, Odiko MacDon, who confirmed the attack to PREMIUM TIMES, Monday afternoon, said a part of the Essien Udim police station and some old vehicles, which were parked as exhibits at the station, were set on fire by the gunmen.

Mr MacDon said the commissioner of police in the state visited the scene of the a...