Gunmen kill two in Imo community
Gunmen on Sunday killed two persons, a man and a woman in their homes in two separate operations at Ifakala Autonomous Community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state.
While one of the victims, Chinedu Chibuka, was killed late Saturday night in Umuchinenwe Umuagwuoche in Ifakala, the female victim, Mrs. Nnedimma Nwaiwu was shot dead on Sunday morning in Owerre-Ifakala village.
Chinedu (32) before his death was a security guard at a poultry farm in the area, while the murdered woman, Nnedimma, was a mother of four young children.
It was gathered that Nnedimma (29) was killed in the presence of her children, who it was gathered pleaded with the bandits to spare their mother’s life, but their entreaties fell on deaf ears.
Village sources stated that the killers jumped over the fence and forced their way into the deceased’s residences.
The villagers said that the people of Ifakala were taken unawares by the attackers, adding that the killings could be related to a reprisal attack.
One of the villagers identified as Okenwa, narrated that “we cannot particularly, state the real cause of the attack, but we suspect that it may be connected to the arrest of one criminal gang leader, Izuchukwu by the police.”
It was gathered that Izuchukwu’s gang had attacked the community some two years ago, but was apprehended by the villagers, who quickly set three of the gang members ablaze with Izuchukwu escaping unhurt.
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“But, since this year, the gang has returned and became a thorn in the flesh of the people of our village. The community rallied to inform the police about the return of Izuchukwu and his new gang.
So, last two weeks, he was picked up by the police and since then, we started witnessing these attacks that have led to the killing of the young man and woman,” Okenwa said.
The spokesperson Imo state Police Command, Orlando Ikeoku, was yet to respond to text messages sent to him for confirmation as at press time.
