Gunmen have killed another police operative in Imo State, south-east Nigeria.
The incident happened on Wednesday at a junction in Umulogho, a community in Obowo Local Government Area of the state, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The latest attack came barely 24 hours after gunmen bombed Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Anambra, another state in the South-east.
The Oba Police Station attack, which occurred on Tuesday, resulted in the killing of another police officer.
How the latest Imo attack happened
In the latest attack in Imo, the gunmen were said to have stormed the Umulogho Community in a Sienna vehicle at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, NAN reported.
The attackers, believed to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), subsequently returned to the community on Wednesday morning and killed the police operative.
The armed persons, during the Wednesday attack, were said to have spent more than one hour profiling…