Gunmen kill five police officers, couple in restaurant

Gunmen have killed five police officers while eating on Friday at about 8am at a local restaurant in Ulakwo, a community in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, while the couple who own the shop was also murdered.

Penpushing reports that sources said the officers drove from a neighbouring community in Abor Mbaise Local Government Area of the state and later stopped at the restaurant, when gunmen opened fire on them.

The sources added that three of the officers died on the spot, while two others who managed to escaped with  gunshot injuries  to a nearby shop for safety, were traced and also killed by the gunmen, while the couple has been identified as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu.

Penpushing further reports that a video clip being circulated after the incident showed the corpses of the policemen lying along the road in a pool of their blood, while the bodies of the couple and two other officers were also seen lying in the shop

“They (gunmen) left with the guns of the policemen after killing them,” Onyebuchi Okpara, a resident of the community, told this newspaper.

The video also showed number of residents crying profusely and lifting the hands of the victims, to ascertain if they were dead,just as sources disclosed that the murdered couple relocated from Lagos State about a year ago.

Penpushing reports that the Imo State Police Command Public Relations Officer Henry Okoye when contacted confirmed the incident adding that the command had launched an operation to track down the alleged killers.

The police spokesperson, an assistant superintendent of police, said the gunmen usually attack and quickly return to their criminal enclaves to prevent security agencies from getting hold of them, declaring that the command is taking the battle to their hideout

‘As I am speaking with you now, intensive patrol is ongoing in Ngor Okpala with the sole aim of arresting the perpetrators of the dastardly act and bringing them to face the law. But now we are taking the battle to them. We are raiding their enclaves’, Okoye said

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