TENSION IN IMO STATE
Fresh tension as death toll of slain Security Operatives rise to 15 in Imo
From Max Chuks Owerri
Fresh tension has risen in Imo State as death toll of slain Security Operatives by Unknown Gunmen rise to 15
The Nigeria Security Operatives comprises of Army, Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) deployed in Imo State have been shot to death by Unknown Gunmen prowling in the State.
The incident happened early hours of yesterday, 19th September 2023 at Umualumaku in Eheme Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
However the residents in the State are living in fear, and business activities in the area have completely and drastically gone down.
In the same development, the Commissioner of Police, Imo Command, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde in a press statement, highlighted that Police in Imo state are going to fish out the gunmen who perpetrated the act.
Meanwhile the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has assured the public that those behind the Tuesday killing of security operatives at Ehime Mbano area of Imo State will be fished out and made to face the law.
Some members of the Joint Security Task force whose actual number and identities are yet to be established were killed in an ambush by unknown gunmen while on duty at the Umuezeala Owerre area of Ehime Mbano.
When Governor Uzodimma visited the scene of the ugly incident accompanied by the Imo State Commissioner of Police and the Director Department of State Services, he expressed sadness over the lives lost.
He assured that “the State Government in collaboration with security agencies would fish out the perpetrators with a view to bringing them to book.”
Governor Uzodimma however urged the leaders and people of the Communities in the area to avail the government and security agencies of the vital information they need to do their work. He also prayed for God’s mercy for the victims and the fortitude for the families to bear the irreplaceable loss of their loved ones in the incident
and accused the Politicians of being responsible for incessant insecurity in Imo State.
