From Kayemo News
No fewer than eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps have been killed by gunmen in Imo State.
Reports said the joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers and none of them survived as they were burnt inside their operational vehicles.
The incident which happened on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state has thrown the area into pandemonium and fear.
A security operative who doesn’t want to be mentioned told our correspondent 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.
An eyewitness who is also resident of the community who do not want to reveal his identity for his security said that he saw the security agents a few minutes before they were set ablaze.
He said that the community had been thrown into confusion and panic because of the the incident.
a video clip of the attack has been trending on social media.
However, when contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident, asked for time to get the full details of the horrible incident.
