A police officer was, on Friday afternoon, killed when gunmen invaded Orji, a community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, south-east Nigeria.
Prince Iheme, an elder brother to Nollywood actor Osita Iheme, was also killed during a separate attack in Ubomiri, another community in the council area of the state.
The gunmen also attacked, with a machete, the Commissioner for Solid Minerals in the state, Martin Eke, according to a report by The Nation newspaper.
The hoodlums were said to have operated in Tundra Trucks and shot sporadically, forcing people to scamper for safety.
The attackers were said to be enforcing a- five-day controversial sit-at-home declared by a faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“They just killed a policeman now. They opened fire on them and were shouting, ‘there is sit at home. We have asked you to go home. Stay indoors,’” an unnamed witness was quoted as saying.
“I just escaped death by a whisker now….
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