Panic in Anambra after gunmen enforcing sit-at-home killed five people

Panic in Anambra after gunmen enforcing sit-at-home killed five people

A policeman was killed, and another seriously injured when gunmen ambushed their convoy in Ubakala, Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, on Sunday night.

The attack occurred around 9 p.m. as the officers, reportedly attached to a federal lawmaker, were traveling in a Toyota Corolla with their driver. The lawmaker was not present in the convoy during the attack.

Eyewitness accounts revealed that the assailants, dressed in black and wearing police jackets, blocked the convoy and opened fire after the officers identified themselves as police personnel. One officer was fatally shot, while the second was critically injured and is feared dead.

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The gunmen fled the scene after exchanging gunfire with responding officers from the Ubakala Police Division.

This incident comes just four days after unidentified gunmen killed two soldiers at a checkpoint in Umuopara, near the Abia-Imo border, raising concerns about increasing insecurity in the region.

The Abia State Police Command is yet to issue an official statement, as efforts to reach its spokesperson, ASP Maureen Chinaka, have been unsuccessful at the time of reporting.

Panic in Anambra after gunmen enforcing sit-at-home killed five people