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Gunmen kill 2 prison officers in Imo

Gunmen, yesterday,  killed two officers of the Nigeria Prisons in Imo State. It was gathered that the gunmen, who laid an ambush, launched the attack on the Okigwe town of the state.

A source said the gunmen detonated an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, on the officers, who were in Hilux vans of Operation Search and Flush, a security outfit established by the state government, resulting in two of them dying on the spot, while others sustained injuries.

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