Owerrinta axis and Ngor-Okpala are experiencing heavy gunshots as unknown armed men kill about five policemen at a checkpoint.
Ngor Okpala is a local Government in Imo State but has a boundary to Abia State (Owerrinta).
According to a source, identified as Uche, "the police men drove from Abo mbaise to eat at the junction.
"He said while the police men were eating, the unknown gunmen drove to the scene and opened fire on them. He said three policemen were shot dead at the scene.
"The other two ran into a woman's shop to hide. The unknown men pursued them, killed them, and also killed the woman and husband who owned the shop they ran into.
"Immediately after they killed them all, the unknown gunmen carted away with their five rifles."
Another also said that on March 27, some unknown gunmen ambushed and killed five personnel, including Nigerian security and civil defense corps, in the same Ngor Okpala.
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