There was tension in the Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State as yet-to-be-identified gunmen shot dead two policemen and a civilian.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the incident occurred on Monday at Ahiara Junction during the visit of the newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Danjuma Aboki, to his officers in Mbaise.
The assailants were said to have immediately opened fire on the officers when they arrived at the location, killing two policemen on the spot, while a stray bullet killed a passer-by.
According to a source who does not want to be named, “Two policemen have been killed now at Ahiara Junction. On arrival, the gunmen opened fire at the direction of the policemen and killed two on the spot. A stray bullet also hit a young man and he died on the spot.
“The video clips of the lifeless bodies of the victims are circulating online. This is very unfortunate.”
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in Imo, Henry Okoye, said that the command had declared a manhunt for the fleeing suspects.
He said, “The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, Commander 34 Artillery Brigade and Joint Task Force operatives are combing the scene of the crime for evidence that will possibly lead to the arrest of hoodlums responsible for the attack and killing of two policemen at Ahaira Junction, in Ahaizu Mbaise LGA of Imo State.”
A video clips of the lifeless bodies of the policemen and the civilian were littered on social media.
Recall that NIGERIACRIME reported that on Saturday evening, the lifeless body of the traditional ruler of the Otulu autonomous community in the neighbouring Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Eze Joe Ochulor, was found in the neighbouring Aboh Mbaise LGA.
The body was found on the roadside on Saturday evening after the monarch was kidnapped from his palace on Saturday morning.