Suspected separatists on Monday "attacked Awada police station in Idemilli North... using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and automatic firearms," said police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu.
"Four police operatives paid the supreme price while a section of the station, one police patrol vehicle and three exhibit vehicles parked in the premises were set ablaze," he added in a statement.
He said that three of the gunmen were also "fatally wounded."
On Sunday, police said it had foiled an attack at the Nkwelle-Ezunaka police station in Oyi district.
"Armed with guns, IEDs and petrol bombs," Tochukwu said the gunmen "started shooting indiscriminately to gain entrance to the station and were fiercely engaged and resisted."
"One police operative attached to the station was fatally wounded," he said, and six gunmen were "neutralized."
On Saturday, gunmen had already attacked a police station in the Ogidi area of the state, killing three officers.
Police blame the frequent assaults on the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group and its armed wing the Eastern Security Network (ESN), who deny the accusations.
There have also been unclaimed attacks on offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the region.
Despite the violence, the electoral body has said that the February 25 election will go ahead as planned.
Five Nigerian Cops Killed
FILE: Police officers patrol during a protest by Nigeria Labor Congress in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 26, 2022. Nigeria's police chief says hundreds of thousands of security forces are being deployed to ramp up safety ahead of the country's Feb. 25 presidential election.
Gunmen killed five police officers in two separate attacks in southeast Anambra state, police said Monday. The attacks come ahead of Saturday's national elections.
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