Police Are Searching For killers of 5 officers, couple in Imo
The Imo State Police Command has launched manhunt for the killers of five police officers and a couple at Okpala, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of the state on Friday morning.
Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident, adding that the command’s Tactical and Operational Teams had been deployed to the area.
The PPRO also intimated that security had been beefed up in the area to increase public confidence.
“The command has deployed tactical and operational teams to the area for constant patrol and in search of those behind this dastardly act.
“We are closing in on them,” he added.
According to him, corpses of the operatives have been evacuated and deposited in a morgue.
Mr Okoye urged members of the public to go about their lawful businesses without fear.
Sources said the gunmen opened fire on five policemen who went to eat at a local restaurant.
According to an eyewitness, the gunmen took the rifles of the officers, after shattering the police white Hilux van with bullets.
The eyewitness also reported that a couple, identified as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu, who owned a shop beside the scene of the crime, lost their lives during the attack.
The report said three of the policemen were killed inside the restaurant, while two others ran to a nearby shop, but the gunmen ran after them to the shop, killed them and the couple at the same time.
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