Three other officers are receiving treatment after the attack in Aba South, while a police van and other property were destroyed.
Two police officers have been confirmed dead, while three others are receiving medical attention following an attack by unidentified gunmen on Uratta Division Police Station in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State.
The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi, confirmed the casualties while addressing journalists at a hospital in Aba, shortly after Governor Alex Otti visited the station to assess the damage.
Afolabi urged police officers to remain vigilant and take necessary precautions to prevent a recurrence of the attack.
The commissioner, who conducted the governor around the station, said the attackers set a police van ablaze and destroyed a Toyota vehicle, a power generator and other valuables inside the building.
He added that investigations were ongoing to identify and apprehend those responsible for the attack and bring them to justice.
Afolabi also thanked Governor Otti for his intervention and pledge to cover the medical bills of the injured officers.
The incident comes amid other attacks targeting security personnel across the country.
In May 2026, 17 officers were reportedly killed during a terrorist attack on the Nigerian Army Special Forces School in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. The officers were undergoing specialised operational training when the facility was attacked in the early hours of May 8.
The Force Public Relations Officer, DIP Anthony Placid, said the attackers stormed the training facility from multiple directions at about 1:15 a.m., triggering an intense confrontation that resulted in the officers’ deaths.
In another incident, a police officer was among five people reportedly killed in separate attacks in Barkin Ladi and Mangu local government areas of Plateau State, despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in the affected areas.
Abia State has also recorded previous attacks on police personnel. In November 2024, a police officer was reportedly killed when gunmen attacked a patrol team along Asaga Road in Ohafia Local Government Area.
Reports at the time said about six young men intercepted the officers while they were on patrol, killing one officer, while two injured colleagues escaped into nearby bushland.