Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint Kill Two Officers In Abia

Dare-devil gunmen on Friday evening killed two policemen and injured one other following an attack on their checkpoint at the popular Opobo Junction along the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway in Abia State.

The heavily armed men, clad in black outfits, were seen sporadically firing shots at the junction.

According to an eyewitness, the gunmen, numbering six, came in a Sienna sport utility vehicle.

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The incident caused chaos in the area, prompting shop owners along the road and traders at Ehere market to close their shops, with some abandoning their wares to seek safety.

Police is yet to react to the incident