Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have killed a member of the Anambra Vigilance Group and two of his orderlies in Igboukwu near Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s Isuofia community.
The vigilante, popularly called Shaba, was in the company of his orderlies, whose identities were still unknown at a bar in Nkwo Market at Igboukwu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State when the gunmen opened fire on them.
Reports said that the incident happened late on Wednesday.
The attackers were said to have driven to the bar, alighted from their vehicle and opened fire on the two orderlies of the vigilante at the entrance of the bar before going inside to shoot the officer dead.
Although details of the incident were sketchy, there were claims that the vigilante was a member of the Ebubeagu group terrorising communities in the South-East, while some others claim that the killing was carried out by members of a kidnapping ring whose leader was busted by Shaba’s team some days ago.
Confirming the incident, the state police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, said a deliberate operation had been set in motion to apprehend the attackers, adding that surveillance had been intensified within the area.
“There is a deliberate operation ongoing now aimed at apprehending the attackers. Meanwhile, patrols have been intensified within Aguata and its environs. Further development shall be communicated please,” he stated. (The Razor)
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