Gunmen have Killed Two Officers in Abia State.
Dare-devil gunmen attacked a police checkpoint at the popular Opobo Junction along the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway in Abia State on Friday evening, resulting in the deaths of two police officers and the injury of another.
The Attack was carried out by six gunmen in a Sienna sport utility vehicle, at Opobo Junction.
The officers were conducting their evening stop-and-search operation when the attack occurred.
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Following the incident police patrol teams have arrived at the scene, causing residents to flee the area. Shop owners along the road and traders at Ehere market closed have their shops and abandoned their goods to seek safety.
An eyewitness confirmed the attackers arrived in a Sienna SUV, leading to chaos and panic in the vicinity.
This attack follows a similar incident on May 30, when gunmen opened fire on a military checkpoint at Obikabia Junction in Aba, Abia State.
The attackers, enforcing the sit-at-home order declared by IPOB to mark Biafra Day, also burned a military patrol truck. Heavily armed and clad in black, the gunmen were seen firing shots sporadically at the junction.
Heavily armed and clad in black, the gunmen were seen firing shots sporadically at the junction.
