EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than five soldiers have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen.
The gunmen were said to have shot the soldiers dead along Wetheral Road Owerri, the Imo State capital on Friday night.
An eyewitness disclosed that the gunmen attacked the soldiers unaware and opened fire on them, killing five at the spot.
The source said, “Right now, five soldiers have been shot dead. Everyone is on the run.
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“Wetheral Road, Nazi/Aba road, Government House Roundabout and all the link roads have been shut down.
“I personally saw the soldiers evacuating the corpses in a Hilux vehicle, there were five.
“The bandits have already taken off and shot sporadically in the air to scare people away,” the eyewitness disclosed.
EKO HOT BLOG understands that the latest attack is coming few days before the May 30th sit-at-home order declared by the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in commemoration of Biafra Day.
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