THE Imo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two traditional rulers by unknown gunmen in the Njaba local government area of the state on Tuesday evening.
Among the monarchs confirmed dead were the Obi 1 of Okwudor autonomous community, Eze E. Anayochukwu Durueburuo and Eze Sampson Osunwa of Ihebineowerre autonomous community.
The monarchs were holding a stakeholders’ meeting at the Njaba Local Council headquarters at Nnenasam when the incident happened.
The incident was said to have happened at about 02:32 pm, when the unknown gunmen came in their vehicles and motorcycles shot two of the monarchs and drove away while other monarchs who struggled to escape sustained varying degrees of injuries as well as their drivers.
An unconfirmed report said some of the monarchs at that stakeholders meeting were taken away by the gunmen to an unknown destination.
When contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Mike Abattam, said that two monarchs had been confirmed dead and not five as claimed by some media reports.
In the meantime, the command had commenced investigation into the incident.
