Gunmen on Sunday reportedly killed some policemen on a stop-and-search duty at Umuna on the Owerri-Okigwe Road, Imo State.
A source told our correspondent on Monday that an Assistant Superintendent of Police and a police inspector were killed by the gunmen.
He said the hoodlums, who allegedly operated in military informs, stormed the checkpoint in a Hilux vehicle.
He said, “Umuna Police Division, Okigwe, was attacked on Sunday. The P & G, ASP Danjuma, was killed with Inspector Ebi while on the road. The unknown gunmen stormed the checkpoint in front of the division wearing Nigerian Army uniform; they were in an Army Hilux vehicle.
“Another Inspector was hospitalised. Something is wrong with the Imo State Police Command. Police officers are now targets. The bodies of the deceased officers are lying in the bush now as I speak.”
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Micheal Abattam, had yet to respond to an inquiry concerning the incident.
