Hoodlums have attacked and killed about four people including policemen on Monday.
On Monday, armed hoodlums struck at Ohii junction located on the Owerri – Orlu Road in Imo state, killing no fewer than four persons.
Sources said that two of the victims were policemen reportedly on duty in the area.
A source who pleased anonymity, told our correspondent that the gunmen in a Corolla SUV car opened fire at the junction and killed the victims while dispossessing some POS operators around the scene of some cash.
Our correspondent saw a video clip circulating on various social media platforms showing the lifeless bodies of the victims.
Our correspondent gathered that the fleeing gunmen opened fire at the junction which claimed the lives of the victims.
It was learnt that the gunmen also robbed a POS operator at Amawire – Orji on the Owerri – Okigwe Road.
Another were also said to have stormed Christiana junction at Egbu Road and robbed POS operators
When contacted the spokesperson for the Police in the state, Henry Okoye didn’t respond to calls placed across to him as at press time
CONTINUOUS ROBBERY ON POS OPERATORS
Last weekend, Many point of Sale (POS) operators near Owerri Police Command, Imo State, decried incessant armed robbery attacks in the area.
They lamented an incident that occurred at the weekend, when about five armed men, at about 8:00 p.m., dispossessed three young girls operating PoS machines of all their money.
An eyewitness said the robbers alighted from a Toyota Camry, just opposite the police command, dispossessed the victims of their belongings, entered the vehicle and zoomed off.
“After the operation, policemen arrived at the scene and started asking questions. Before then, there had been similar incidents where some shop owners were robbed. Some months ago, a couple who owned a shop built by the police, just behind the command, was killed inside the shop, by some gunmen. The situation has put fear in residents and business operators, forcing them to close between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.,” he said. He urged the Commissioner of Police in the state, Aboki Danjuma, to direct officers to secure the area.
According to him, it was ironic to witness such a level of insecurity in a place which boasts of police presence. One PoS operator, Nkechi, lamented: “Many of my colleagues have lost a lot in the hands of armed robbers around here. We came around here to do our business, to be secure and protected by the police. We are witnessing the opposite.
This is very embarrassing. It’s a let-down that such a thing could be happening around the Police Area Command in Owerri.”
