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Blood Flows In Imo As Gunmen Kills Eight Security Officers, Raze Patrol Vehicles

September 19, 2023

By Charles Igbo

Tears, sorrow, pain shock, disbelief and anger were the order of the day in Imo State when gunmen killed eight Security Personnel, burnt the bodies of four of them, and set their two patrol vehicles on fire. The bodies of four others were picked in the bush. Apparently, they were shot dead as they made to escape.

The incident occurred Tuesday morning, and involved officers on a joint patrol. They were, reportedly, made up of the Police, the Civil Defence and the NDLEA. They were on patrol along the Umualumaku road, Ehime Mbano, when the gunmen, numbering over 15, according to eye witness accounts, intercepted them. They were apparently, taken unawares, and had no chance to defend themselves.

The scene of the incident waa a gory sight of blood and the mangled and burning bodies of the officers with their patrol vehicles spewing angry tongues of fire beside them.

One of the officers was killed while he still sat on top of one of the Patrol vehicles.

Recall that Simon Ekpa and his Autopilots group, an off-shoot of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, had declared a two-week sit-at-home order in the South-east.