Nigeria, March 24 -- At least one police operative was killed on Monday when gunmen attacked Awgu Divisional Police Headquarters in Enugu State, Nigeria's South-east.

The slain operative has been identified as Emmanuel Akpa, a police constable.

The police facility is in Awgu Town within Awgu Local Government Area of the state.

Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the hoodlums who invaded the police facility at about 2 a.m. broke into a cell in the police facility and freed all inmates being detained.

"The gunmen also carted away some rifles and ammunition after setting the inmates free," a resident of the area, who asked not to be named, said.

Another source said two police operatives were killed in the attack.

This newspaper reliably ga...