Sunday dawn shootout between gunmen and police operatives at the divisional headquarters in Unwana, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi has resulted in at least one death and many gun injury.

Spokesperson of the command, Loveth Odah, said the police killed one of the gunmen and recovered two AK-47 rifles and other incriminating items when the hoodlums attacked the station.

Other suspects escaped with bullet wounds.

The Commissioner of Police Ebonyi State Command, Aliyu Garba, has embarked on an on-the-spot assessment of the division and also ordered a manhunt on the fleeing hoodlums.