The incident happened at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday, PREMIUM TIMES gathered.
Sources told this newspaper that the gunmen ambushed the security operatives, who were driving in two pick-up trucks to an unknown location, and opened fire on them, killing a yet-to-be-ascertained number of operatives.
Mr Chukwuma, who said the hoodlums killed all the security operatives in the two trucks, could not confirm the number of the operatives killed. A video clip apparently recorded shortly after the attack has been circulating on Facebook and other social media platforms.The two trucks belonging to the operatives were also in flames.The police spokesperson in Imo State, Henry Okoye, did not respond to several calls and a text message seeking his comments.Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Imo State with frequent attacks by armed persons.
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