Not less than Ten persons, including policemen, have been killed as by unknown gunmen who attacked Isu and Onicha Igboeze communities in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The incident occurred at the early hours of Thursday morning with the killing of the two policemen in Isu area, while others were killed in Onicha Igboeze.
An eyewitness said two lawyers unfortunately ran into the gunmen who operated on a Lexus Jeep. The lawyers were robbed and their car set ablaze by the hoodlums.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah, confirmed the latest invasion but said details of the incident were still sketchy.
She, however, noted that the state Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, has dispatched a team to the area.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the state governor, David Umahi, declared his administration would not tolerate any further killings in the state.
Umahi had on Wednesday warned that the local government council chairmen, development centre coordinators, and the traditional rulers would henceforth be held accountable for any further killing within their localities.
The governor said he would not hesitate to deploy every lawful means to suspend the aforementioned categories of people if any part of the state witnessed any further killings.
He, however, said his government was ready to suspend all projects and empower the bandits if they could lay down their arms, even as he warned that his administration would not tolerate further killings, saying, “No more killings again in Ebonyi State.”
(INDEPENDENT)
