Four person have been killed and two expatriates supervising the ongoing construction of the phase 11 of the Owerri-Okigwe Road kidnapped by gunmen enforcing sit-at-home order in Imo State.
It was gathered that the killings occurred on Friday evening at Umunachi in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area and at Umuna in the Onuimo LGA, respectively.
The expatriates, who are staff of German construction giants, Craneburg, were kidnapped at Umunachi after two persons suspected to be their security aides were brought down.
The kidnapped victims were taken away immediately the gunmen struck.
According to PUNCH, locals said that the fleeing suspects who operated in three vehicles opened fire and killed two persons at Umuna junction.
An eyewitness said, ” They just killed these two men now at Umuna. This act was carried out by gunmen enforcing sit-at-home. This just happened now now. We are now afraid.”
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that gunmen had on Friday afternoon killed prince Chidi Iheme, elder brother to Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw.
Iheme was killed at Ubomiri in the Mbaitoli LGA of the state while allegedly on transit to a campaign rally being organised by the All Progressives Congress candidate for Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Akarachi Amadi.
The state Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Martin Eke, whom he was riding in the same vehicle with, was badly injured with machete.
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