The Police Command in Imo has said that terrorist on Saturday night shot and killed eight community leaders in Umucheke, Onuimo Local Government Area.
The police commissioner, Aboki Danjuma, confirmed the incident on Sunday when he led some heads of other security agencies to the scene of the attack.
He said the police, in collaboration with the Nigeria Army and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), were currently combing the forests in and around the Okigwe axis in search of the terrorists.
“The hoodlums that perpetrated yesterday’s attack are six in number.
“They came on three motorcycles; people of the community claimed they saw them but didn’t report to the police or other security agencies until they perpetrated the killings and fled.
“Imo residents need to be security conscious and report any suspicious activity to the police because that is the only way we can put an end to these senseless killings,” the state police boss said.
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He commiserated with the families of the deceased and the Umucheke Community over the unfortunate killing.
He assured them that security agencies were working in synergy to apprehend the miscreants responsible for the dastardly act and make them face the full wrath of the law.
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