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Gunmen on Friday reportedly attacked and killed a policeman somewhere around Imo state, during the sit at home order in the state.
The victim, Prince Iheme, elder brother to the Nollywood superstar, Osita Iheme aka Pawpaw, was shot dead on Friday 9-Dec-2022 by the gunmen who were enforcing the sit-at-home order in the state.
The gunmen who rode three vehicles, one of which is Trundra operational vehicles, attacked residents and passersby that didn’t adhere to the sit-at-home order.
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The gunmen also attacked policemen in Orji community and also injured the state commissioner for solid minerals, Martin Eke, according to a Punch report
The gunmen who wearing black clothes shot repeatedly at Nkwo Orji market causing businesses to closed, making people to run for the safety of their of life, making motorist abandoning their vehicles and ran away.
The gunmen also took off towards Okigwe Road. At Ubonmmiri in the Mbaitoli local Government Area in Imo state, the gunmen attacked the convoy of All Progressive Congress candidate for Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Akarachi Amadi.
While Prince Iheme was killed on the spot, the state commissioner for Solid Mineral, Martin Eke, was cut with a machete.
According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen met policemen at the 7Up junction at Orji and shot one cop dead.
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He said “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.”
Another eyewitness said, “I just escaped death now. They stopped before us and shot at the air and asked us to go home. They didn’t shot at us, maybe because I was in the midst of some elderly women.”
An eyewitness who didn’t want to be mentioned said, “This attacked is politically motivated. We just finished at one campaign rally ground and were heading to Ubommiri. Our convoy was attacked at Amawuihe before Ubommiri.
“Prince Iheme was riding in the same vehicle with the commissioner for the solid minirals. Prince Iheme Elder Brother to Pawpaw was shot dead at the spot. The commissioner who was sworn two weeks ago was cut badly, he had just been rushed to the hospital. They were driving in a Ford SUV. I pray he makes it.
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