Suspected IPOB Terrorrist Shot 7 Northern Traders Dead In Imo
There is palpable tension in Imo State, the murder of seven traders of northern extraction.
It was gathered that the victims were killed in separate shooting incidents in Orlu town and Umuaka in Njaba Local Government Area between Friday and Saturday.
Narrating the incident to newsmen, an eyewitness, Harisu Umaru Ishiaku, said that the killers, dressed in Military uniform, stormed the Afor Umuaka market around 8:30 pm and attacked the victims.
He said four of the victims who are within the age bracket of 30 years and 45 years have lived in the area for many years.
While suspecting that the people who carried out the attack are strangers, he said there has never been an issue between the deceased and the people of Umuaka community.
According to the Imo State Coordinator of Hausa traders, Mallam Ibrahim Abdulkadir, the first incident happened on Friday when three Suya sellers were about to close for the day.
He said some gunmen in a Sienna car emerged suddenly and pumped bullets into their body.
He said in a similar style, the same set of gunmen attacked four Hausa traders at Umuaka in Njaba.
Abdulkadir said Hausa traders in Orlu now live in fear, adding that some of them have relocated to Owerri, the state capital.
He said, ” Actually this thing started on the second of this month. I was called that three people had been killed by some men operating in a Siena car. They were Suya sellers.
“Just as we were about to handle the situation, I was called again that four people were killed by the same people.”
