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Afnews Editor
Oct 07, 2021
Two police officers, two lawyers and seven other peasants farmers were on Thursday reportedly killed by gunmen who invaded Isu and Onicha-Igboeze communities, in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
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ALL FACTS NEWSPAPER gathered that the cops were reportedly killed in Isu while others were killed in Onicha Igboeze.
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Investigation revealed that two lawyers were also killed by the gunmen during the attack.
The two lawyers, it was learnt, were passing with a vehicle, when they ran into the gunmen who operated on a Lexus Jeep.
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The invaders were said to have killed the lawyers, burnt the vehicle they operated in and left the scene in the lawyers vehicle.
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It was gathered that there have been killings in Onicha in the last three months by gunmen and suspected security agents.
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Last month, a woman and daughter of a monarch in the area, Elizabeth Agwu, was hit by a stray bullet when policemen invaded the community to arrest a suspect.
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The woman died as a result of the bullet which got her on the abdomen. The suspect the policemen came to arrest was later shot dead.
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Before that particular incident, about seven travellers were burnt alive inside the vehicle they were travelling in, on the same axis.
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When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, in the state, DSP Loveth, confirmed the latest invasion, but said details of the incident were still sketchy.
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She, however, noted that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Aliyu Garba, had dispatched a team of policemen to the area.
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