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Gunmen kill policeman, one other in Abia
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia
Published 25 May 2021
A police operative providing security to a Chinese and his driver was shot dead on Friday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.
An eyewitness who spoke to our correspondent under the condition of anonymity said the incident happened on Mission Hill Road at a spot where the office of the Nigeria Correctional Service is located.
The source said the hoodlums appeared to have trailed their targets from Umuahia Cosmopolitan Area before opening fire on them at the scene of the incident.
The incident caused panic among residents of the capital city as the rumor was ripe that unknown gunmen were shooting in the city.
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Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia
Published 16 May 2021
The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency, Chief Sam Onuigbo, has urged the President, General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), to implement several resolutions of the National Assembly on the control of small arms and light weapons as a step towards stopping insecurity in the country.
He also called on Nigerians to support the security agencies in the country by being security concious and sensitive to their environment.
Onuigbo, who spoke in Umuahia the Abia state capital shortly after commissioning a 500 KVA transformer he attracted to his constituents in Ikwuano Local Government, said Nigeria was on the brink of total collapse if serious actions were not taken to check the current trends of insecurity.
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