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Five suspected bandits lost their lives, Tuesday night, in an attempted attack on security operatives in a military checkpoint in Aba, Abia State.
The hoodlums were alleged to have come in a seven-seater mini bus, and attempted a surprise attack on soldiers at the Ariaria Junction checkpoint, along the Aba end of the Enugu/Port Harcourt expressway, but got demobilised when security operatives on duty became aware and opened fire on them.
It was learnt that some of the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds, making the military men to cordon off the area, to ensure the safety of innocent persons using the roads, while a search for the escapees continued.