No fewer than nine persons have been reportedly killed in Awka, Anambra State by suspected gunmen. The incident happened around 10 am at ifite-Awka behind the school gate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK). The Nation gathered that the assailants stormed the area in two vehicles and started shooting randomly.
Though, an eyewitness described it as a cult war, their operational mode, according to a source, showed that of Biafra agitators. The source also told ThePaan that bullets hit other persons in the process.
Anambra Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident. He said the responding team had taken over the scene of indiscriminate shooting by 9:15 am. Ikenga said: “Preliminary information shows that the armed men unprovoked started shooting sporadically and some bullets fatally hit four persons in the area and were rushed to the hospital for aid by the police operatives.
“Also, some empty shells of bullets have been recovered at the scene. Meanwhile, operations are ongoing in the area and further details shall be communicated, please.”
