Story from Kenneth AFOR, Lagos
Not more than three persons including a woman were reportedly killed at different locations by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday after invading Orji community in Owerri, Imo State.
The armed men seven in number in a bus and a Toyota Hilux vehicle sieged the area for about an hour between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm, shooting sporadically, according to Vanguard quoting an eyewitness.
The medium added that the criminals in black attires started their operation from the Orji axis, headed to the Spibat area and visited other areas of their choices where the three persons were said to have been killed.
The Imo state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, who confirmed the incident said, “Normalcy has returned to Orji area by combined teams of the Police and other supporting security agencies.
“Three persons were killed by the hoodlums who blocked Orji flyover and started shooting sporadically. The cause of the shooting is still not clear at the moment. The investigation has, however, commenced.”
Imo and other states in the Southeast in recent weeks have become a hot spot for criminal activities which have led to killings of innocent lives and destruction of government’s facilities such as offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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