There is palpable tension in Ahaizu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State as two police personnel were killed by unidentified gunmen on Monday, November 27.
It was gathered that the policemen who were attached to the Ahiara police station were killed when the gunmen attacked them at a filling station at Ahiara junction in the local government area, resulting in the death of the two police officers and injuries to others.
Confirming the incident, the police spokesman in the state, Henry Okoye said: “The Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, Commander 34 Artillery Brigade and Joint Task Force (JTF) operatives are combing the scene of crime for evidence that will possibly lead to the arrest of hoodlums responsible for the attack and killing of two Policemen at Ahiara Junction, in Ahaizu Mbaise LGA of Imo State.”
The Nation recalls that on Saturday evening, the traditional ruler of the Otulu Autonomous Community in the neighbouring Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Eze Joe Ochulor was found dead at the neighbouring Aboh Mbaise LGA.
Also, a few days earlier, the ward chairman of the People Democratic Party in the Ife/ Akpodim/ Chokoneze in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of the state, Chiedoziem Anyanwu was assassinated in the presence of his wife.
