Tension As Gun Men Kill Anambra Official
Palpable tension has gripped people of Aguata and Orumba North council areas where gun wielding men shut and killed an official of Anambra Transport Management Agency (ATMA) Tuesday morning at Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area.
They also allegedly robbed a filing station in the area.
Earlier that morning, some gunmen attempted to snatch a riffle from a mobile Police man along Oko-Umunze Road but failed.
It was not certain if the men who perpetrated the act are armed robbers, cultists or bandits operating in the guise of unknown gunmen.
The unidentified official of the ATMA, a male, was controlling traffic at the ever-busy Ekwulobia junction when he was gunned down, with bullet shattering his brain from behind.
His office is yet to respond to inquiries about the incident nor the police.
But Police spokesman Toochukwu Ikenga, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in a statement later said the Police Command embarked on robust patrol around the state with the aim to apprehend suspected hoodlums sighted along Ekwulobia, Umunze road in the morning period.
According to the statement preliminary information revealed that along Umunze road the hoodlums in an attempt to disarm a mobile Police officer on patrol started shooting sporadically.
The Mobile Police Officer, the statement continued, returned the fire and immediately engaged the hoodlums which made the gun men flee the scene.
“Meanwhile”, according to him, “clam has returned in the area and further details shall be communicated”.
Meanwhile, there was increased Police presence in Awka, the state capital, and environs on Tuesday
