Mayhem In Imo, As Gunmen Allegedly Kill Seven In Oguta Community

 

     

It was indeed a late black Monday in Ejemekuru Community of Oguta LGA as slain bodies littered everywhere following sounds of gun shorts.

Infonews.com.ng learnt that members of the community had hardly finished their day's business on that fateful day when suddenly sound of heavy gun short caused a stir in the entire community. 

   

Our source said people remained indoors, shivering, while the shooting  lasted for almost thirty minutes as Nobody came out for fear of being cut in the cross fire especially as it was totally dark.

  

An anonymous source said;

"That, early Tuesday morning when people started coming out, news started filtering in that the seven occupants in a building at Umuekezie, Ngwara/Eziama in Umuebe Ejemekwuru have been wiped out".

    

He said it was not possible identifying the perpetrators but the locals who live around alleged that a Sienna car pull by the road and all the occupants, who were heavily armed allegedly marched into the compound of one Mr John Ugorji and bullets started raining.

 

Our source further disclosed that all the tenants (natives of neighbouring Agwa community) who had fled their community during crisis, were wiped out.

    

In his words, "since,     those people packed in there, we have been suspecting them. We have been having unusual incidents of robberies here."

    

According to him, three of the deceased were a woman and two of her children, one victim suspected to be a Calabar man and three other men.

Our narrator disclosed that the Town Union under the rulership of Eze Hipolyte Duru has lodged an official complaint with security operatives.

   

As at the time of filing this report, owners of four of the dead bodies from Agwa had reportedly claimed and buried them at once.

Although an official statement is yet to be made by the police but infonew.com.ng learnt investigations are on going.