Gunmen have killed three personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and two civilians in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State.
The gunmen stormed the Eke Okpu market in the Obiangwu community in the early hours of Monday, March 27, 2023, and shot the NSCDC officials and two passersby, dead.
According to a source in the community, the NSCDC personnel were riding in a vehicle when the gunmen ambushed them.
The source further confirmed that security operatives had taken over the community and clamping down on suspected passersby including youths of the area.
He said that the lifeless bodies of the victims were still at the scene as of the time of filing this report
