Gunmen Invade Meeting, Kill Community Leader In Imo

Gunmen invaded Ngali village, Logara community in Ngor Okpala local government area of Imo State, on Wednesday and killed a community leader.

LEADERSHIP Friday gathered that the community leader, Chief Monday Eke, was addressing his kinsmen at the village hall when the gunmen arrived in a red Camry car and shot him dead before zooming off.

A source who pleaded anonymity said the slain Eke was a tipper driver for one Anummoo from Umuohiagu. According to him, the red car which was snatched at gun point from one Mr Obum who came to bury his mother has since been abandoned by the gunmen.

The source said, “The gunmen were heavily armed and were masked. That is why it worries everybody that there could be an insider. Just last month, a man we all know as Papa Mayor was shot and killed in his house by unknown gunmen. We don’t know what is happening in our community again.”

Last week, five policemen and a couple were killed at Okpala junction, while a month ago, gunmen killed three personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at the Eke Isu Market in Obiangwu community, both in the Ngor Okpala local government area of Imo State.