ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- About eight security operatives comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps have been killed by unknown gunmen in Imo State.
Punch reports that the incident occurred on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state. A development that has thrown the community into tension.
It was gathered that the joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers.
None of them survived as they were burnt inside their operational vehicles.
A security operative who pleaded anonymous told Punch that reinforcement teams had been sent to the scene of the crime with the intent to arrest the suspects and rescue the corpses of the slain security operative.
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Also, a resident in the community who do not want his identity revealed for security said that he saw the security agents a few minutes before they were set ablaze.
A video clip of the attack as the security agents set ablaze in the two vehicles, was seen
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, confirmed the development.
He however, asked for time to get the full details of the horrible incident.