Imo: Gunmen Shoot, Kill Two Police Officers At Mbaise

By Charles Igbo

Reports from Mbaise, Imo State, say gunmen on Monday, November 27, 2023, fatally shot two Police Officers.

The Policemen were on duty  at the popular Ahiara Junction when the gunmen, who, allegedly, wore Military  camouflage uniform, swooped on them and shot them point-blank. They died instantly.

A video posted on Whatsaap showed the two fallen policemen on the ground in their own pool of blood. An unconfirmed report said the gunmen were enforcing the sit-at-home order in the South-east which has since been abolished by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPoB, which initiated it in protest of the detention and trial of its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government. However, a group loyal to Finland-based Simon Ekpa, a self proclaimed Kanu’s disciple, but now estranged IPOB member, on Ekpa’s orders, continues with the much criticized order.

This will be the second time, within  two days, that gunmen engaged in a fatal operation in Mbaise.

On Saturday, November 25, 2023, gunmen stormed the Palace of His Royal Highness, Eze (Sir) Joe-Benz Ochulor, the Olu I of Otulu, Amumara, Ezinihitte, Mbaise, and abducted him. His corpse was seen along the Chokoneze-Mbutu road,  with one of his legs severed from his body a few hours later.

The people of Mbaise Nation are, currently, engulfed in fear. At the time of filing this report, there has been no statement from the Imo State Police Command.