Two policemen and a passer-by were shot dead early on Tuesday morning by some unidentified gunmen at a police checkpoint at Akabo, near Owerri, Imo.
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the gunmen stormed the checkpoint, located along Okigwe Road in Ikeduru Local Government Area, in three vehicles at about 6.30 a.m.
The attackers came in three vehicles to the checkpoint and suddenly opened fire, killing two policemen on the spot making other people in the vicinity to scamper for safety.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Imo Police Command, Henry Okoye, said the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, had ordered a manhunt for the gunmen.