Imo: Gunmen attack police checkpoint, kill officers on duty
Some policemen were on Saturday, ambushed and killed by suspected gunmen at a checkpoint at Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State.
It was gathered that the incident had made residents of the community fled their homes and business places for safety.
It was also learnt that the police in the state have confirmed that two policemen were killed, while many claimed that seven cops were shot dead during the attack.
A source said “About seven policemen at a checkpoint along Aba Road, Okpala, gunned down by unknown gunmen earlier this morning.
“Police have stationed a massive checkpoint now at Okpala Junction. It is very unfortunate.”
When contacted, the police spokesman for the command, Henry Okoye, said that only two policemen “paid the supreme price.”
He told the newsmen in a telephone conversation that the gunmen were engaged in a gun duel by “the vigilant policemen on duty.”
According to him, the gunmen abandoned one of the operational vehicles they came in, adding that the vehicle which contained blood stains had been recovered by the police.
Okoye said that the operatives of the command had taken over the area with the view of instilling confidence in the minds of the residents of the area and with the plan of apprehending the suspects.
