Two policemen and a civilian have been shot dead at Ahiara junction in Ahiazu Mbaise local government area of Imo State.
The attack came yesterday as the new commissioner of police, Danjuma Aboki, was in the area on a morale boosting visit to the officers.
LEADERSHIP gathered that on arrival, the attackers opened fire on the cops who were in their uniforms.
They killed two policemen on the spot while a stray bullet hit the civilian.
A credible source said, “Two policemen have been killed now at Ahiara junction. On arrival, the gunmen opened fire at the direction of the policemen and killed two on the spot. A stray bullet also hit a young man and he died on the spot. The video clips of the lifeless bodies of the victims are circulating online. This is very unfortunate.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, stressed that the command had declared manhunt for the fleeing suspects.
According to him, the commissioner of police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, Commander 34 Artillery Brigade and Joint Task Force (JTF) operatives are combing the scene of the crime for evidence that will lead to the arrest of hoodlums responsible for the attack.
On Saturday evening, the lifeless body of the traditional ruler of Otulu autonomous community in the neighbouring Ezinihitte Mbaise local government area, Eze Joe Ochulor, was found on the roadside after the monarch was kidnapped from his palace on Saturday morning.
