{"id":25895,"date":"2021-04-25T19:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=25895"},"modified":"2021-04-25T20:18:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:18:33","slug":"gunmen-attack-military-checkpoints-kill-officers-in-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/25\/gunmen-attack-military-checkpoints-kill-officers-in-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Gunmen attack military checkpoints, kill officers in Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen have reportedly attacked military checkpoints along the Port Harcourt-Owerri road, Ikwerre LGA of Rivers state and killed eight security operatives.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that vehicles were also set ablaze during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to report, gunmen attacked two checkpoints \u2014 one for the Nigeria Customs Service and another manned by officers of the Joint Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>It was also reported that weapons of the security operatives were reportedly carted away by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/24\/breaking-gunmen-raze-uzodinmas-country-home-kill-two-security-men-in-imo\/\">gunmen<\/a> during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the police public relations in Rivers, Nnamdi Omoni said the command is yet to establish the number of people that died in the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm the incident, but the casualty rate is not ascertainable yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming hours after the Nigerian army said it killed a deputy commander and six members\u00a0of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), a security outfit of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo state.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Yerima, army spokesman, had said the joint operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian army, police, and the Department of State Services (DSS).<\/p>\n<p>See Photos:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0053.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0053.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0053-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0055.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0055-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25907 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0056.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0056-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25908 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0054.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/04\/25\/IMG-20210425-WA0054-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen have reportedly attacked military checkpoints along the Port Harcourt-Owerri road, Ikwerre LGA of Rivers state and killed eight security operatives. 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