The Imo State Police Command has said that it has launched manhunt for the killers of its five operatives and a couple at Okpala junction in the Ngor Okpala
Gunmen had on Friday opened fire on five policemen who went to eat at a local restaurant, killing all of them and carted away their riffles.
The gunmen also killed a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu who owned a shop beside the location of the crime Confirming the gruesome murder to our Correspondent, the spokesperson for the Police in the State, Henry Okoye, stressed that the Command’s Tactical and Operational Teams had been deployed to the area.
He highlighted that the Command was on the trail of the suspects, adding that security had also been beefed up in the area to increase public confidence. According to him, “The murder incident is confirmed. The Command has deployed Tactical and Operational Teams of the Command to the area for constant patrol and in search of those behind this dastardly act. We are closing in on them.
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