Gunmen on Saturday night massacred no fewer than eight security men, made up of Air Force, Customs and police personnel in Rivers state.
Report says the three Customs officers were killed at a checkpoint at Isiokpo in the headquarters Isiokpo Local Government Area while their operational vehicles and rifles were stolen.
The Three Air Force personnel and two policemen were also killed at the Joint Task Force checkpoint at Omagwa- Elele road in Ikwerre LGA,a road linking Port-Harcourt with Owerri in Imo state
Some of them were butchered and beheaded.
Security sources said the gunmen burnt the police and other vehicles at the checkpoint and also destroyed the security camp.
It was gathered the gunmen attempted to burn down the Isiokpo Divisional Police Station but they were repelled by the officers on duty .
The attacks seems to be a reprisal one as On Saturday, a joint security team attacked the headquarters of the militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra, killing seven people, including the leader, Ikonso Commander.
