Unknown gunmen, on Saturday night to Sunday, engaged security operatives in a fierce gun battle in some parts of Orlu and Orsu Local Government Areas of Imo state.
It was gathered that fire fight forced residents to scamper for safety as some ran into their homes while others fled into bushes.
According to report, security operatives acting on intelligence reports had stormed the area after getting information that the gunmen were regrouping to launch an attack.
An intelligence source told Vanguard on Sunday that a guest house, Inland guest house or ukwu Aki guest house was set ablaze during the clash.
While stating that an unspecified number of people have lost their lives, the source revealed that the affected areas were Amanachi, Awo-idemili in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state.
The source claimed that “There were casualties during the gun battle but he was not specific whether it was the security agencies or the unknown gunmen that suffered the losses.
“We can’t say for sure. What I can say is that these men are fighting seriously between the security men and the unknown gunmen.
“This battle started from Saturday night and later on Sunday morning, a guest house was burnt. Inland guest house and other people shops and houses.”
However, at the time of filing this report, the Imo State Police Command, Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mike Abattam, was yet to respond to the incident.
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