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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>It was a tragic day for residents of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State as gunmen once again ambushed and killed two police officers on Saturday.<\/p>\n

This is coming barely one month after the gunmen ambushed and killed five policemen and a couple at the same Okpala junction located on the Owerri-Aba Road.<\/p>\n

In the same Ngor Okpala LGA of the state, five officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were attacked and slain in March.<\/p>\n

Due to the tragedy that occurred on Saturday, many locals have deserted their homes and places of business.<\/p>\n

Many claimed that seven officers were shot dead during the incident, even though the state\u2019s police department had only acknowledged the deaths of two officers.<\/p>\n

According to information obtained the gunmen initially opened fire on the policemen, killing two of them and one was injured this morning at a checkpoint along Aba Road in Okpala.<\/p>\n

When contacted, the police spokesman for the command, Henry Okoye, said only two policemen \u201cpaid the supreme prize.\u201d<\/p>\n

He told our correspondent in a telephone conversation that the gunmen were engaged in a gun duel by \u201cthe vigilant policemen on duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the police had found the blood-stained car that the gunmen abandoned while traveling in one of their operating vehicles.<\/p>\n

Okoye claimed the command\u2019s operatives had seized control of the area to inspire confidence in the local populace and to locate the suspects.<\/p>\n

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