Imo gunmen kill two policemen, bomb patrol vehicle
No fewer than two policemen attached to MOPOL 18, Owerri lost their lives when gunmen attacked their patrol vehicle in Imo State on Saturday.
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No fewer than two policemen attached to MOPOL 18, Owerri lost their lives when gunmen attacked their patrol vehicle in Imo State on Saturday.
The Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that some gunmen killed two of its officers along old Gariki Road, Okigwe Council Area of the State. The affected police personnel were attached to Mopol 18, Owerri. A statement on Saturday by the Command's spokesperson, Henry Okoye, said the hoodlums are alleged to be members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed affiliate of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Imo State with frequent attacks by armed persons.
Unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have killed two
The Commissioner of Police, CP, Imo State Command, Aboki Danjuma, has condemned the killing of personnel of Mopol 18, Owerri, by gunmen suspected to be