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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>At least five soldiers are said to have been shot dead along Wetheral Road Owerri in Imo State as unknown gunmen attacked the area.<\/p>\n

The incident happened in the late hours of Friday.<\/p>\n

This is coming few days before the May 30th seat-at-home order given by the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in commemoration of the Biafra Day.<\/p>\n

According to an eyewitness, the bandits took the soldiers unaware and opened fire on them, killing five at a spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, five soldiers have been shot dead. Everyone is on the run. Wetheral Road, Nazi\/Aba road, Government House Roundabout and all the link roads have been shut down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally saw the soldiers evacuating the corpses in a Hilux vehicle, there were five.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bandits have already taken off and shot sporadically in the air to scare people away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana\u2019s number was not reachable as at the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n

More to come\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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