Unknown gunmen attacked an Army checkpoint at Obeagu-Amodu on the Amechi-Agbani route in Enugu State’s Enugu South Local Government Area, killing unspecified numbers of Soldiers and Policemen.
According to reports, the attack took place on Tuesday at around 7:30 am.
Sources claimed that the thugs attacked the checkpoint in a Toyota Sienna bus and two Lexus Jeeps.
Reports has it that Gunmen had attacked the checkpoint three times, making Tuesday’s incident the fourth.
No fewer than 12 people were killed in the earlier attacks, including roughly eight police officers.
According to sources, as gunmen stormed the checkpoint, they began fire on the combined Police and Military squad right away.
Sources said that all of the soldiers and police officers at the checkpoint were killed, despite the fact that the number of victims was still unclear.
The firing between the thugs and security personnel is said to have caused neighboring homeowners and drivers to flee for cover as bullets rained down like water on their homes.
In the most recent assault on the checkpoint, which had previously been guarded by police, gunfire exchanged between the attackers and four people of adjacent settlements resulted in four deaths.
However, it has been claimed that soldiers sent to pursue the hoodlums who escaped following the incident have treated drivers on the road inhumanely.
“Passengers in tricycle going to Agbani from Amechi were roughly manhandle by soldiers. They are going to villages searching for young men and parking them to their Barack in chains,” said the motorists who spoke on condition of anonymity.
