Panic In Ngor Okpala Imo State After Gunmen Killed 5 Police Officers, Carted Their Riffles Away

A yet-to-be identified gunmen have killed five police men and seriously wounded a woman in her shop at Ulakwo Ngor Okpala Imo State,
According to an eyewitness who spoke to our correspondent on condition anonymity, the unknown gunmen traced the police officers and killed them “including their Oga .”

Also killed were a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu who hailed from Amankwo Okpala community.
The incident has thrown the junction and the entire community into a state of panic as commercial activities had abruptly come to end.

A source who identified himself as Uche and a relative to the couple told our correspondent that the slain cops drove from neighboring Abo Mbaise police division to eat at the junction. He said while the policemen were eating, some gunmen drove to the scene and opened fire on them.
He said three police were shot dead at the scene, two others ran to a nearby shop but their attackers raced to the shop and killed them and equally killed a couple who owned the shop they ran into.

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The eyewitness disclosed that after killing the policemen, the gunmen carted away their five rifles.