The Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde, has ordered a discreet investigation into the murder of seven people in Umuafom autonous community in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.
The victims, said to be security guards, were shot dead by unknown gunmen on Monday night, August 1, 2022.
According to reports, the attackers stormed the community in a vehicle and three bikes, killing the guards at their post.
CSP Michael Abattam, spokesperson for the State Police Command, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, August 3, saying six other people were injured in the attack and were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri.
The victims, according to the PPRO, were occupants of a building owned by a Lagos-based man named Sir Chima Ogbuehi.
"On 01/8/2022 at about 2200hrs, the Divisional Police Officer in Charge Ogbaku Divisional Police Headquarters Owerri, Imo State, received a distress call that armed bandits suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and it's arm affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN), came in a black Lexus Jeep and three motorcycles carrying two persons each, shooting sporadically at the occupants in a building at Orogwe, Owerri West LGA, Imo State, belonging to one Sir Chima Ogbuehi who resides in Lagos and some tenants are suspected to have been fatally injured," the statement read.
"The Divisional Police Officer, swiftly mobilized his men with the support of a detachment of the command's tactical teams to the scene, on arrival the hoodlums had escaped almost immediately, snatching a blue coloured Toyota Sienna SUV vehicle and the Command's tactical team quickly went on their trail while the DPO and his men rushed the injured to Federal Medical Center Owerri and evacuated the corpses to the Mortuary."
"Unfortunately, seven (7) people were killed in the attack, while six (6) others were injured and rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Owerri, Imo State."
"The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde psc (+), has ordered a discreet investigation into the incident, promising that the Command will go all out in ensuring that the perpetrators of this dastardly act are arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law," the statement added.
The CP pleaded for calm and urged the people of the state to help the police and other security agencies by providing credible information and reporting any clandestine activities observed in their communities to the nearest police station or calling the Command's emergency control numbers, 08034773600 or 08098880197.
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