By Oluwakemi Ikotun
According to a witness, the gunmen, numbering six in all, arrived in a Sienna sport utility vehicle.
Ruthless gunmen killed two policemen and injured another on Friday afternoon following an attack on their checkpoint at the popular Opobo junction along the Aba-Ikot Ekpene highway in Abia State.
It turned out that police officers were at the junction conducting their usual night-time stop and search operation.
However, a few minutes later, several police patrols entered the area and residents fled from the road.
According to a witness, the six armed men in total were travelling in a Sienna SUV.
The incident caused chaos in the area, prompting shopkeepers along the road and traders at the Ehere market to close their shops, with some abandoning their wares in search of safety.
The Reporters reported earlier how the gunmen opened fire into the air at the military checkpoint at obikabia junction in aba,Abia state on May 30.
The terrorists, who also burnt down the soldiers’ patrol car, were allegedly enforcing the curfew imposed by IPOB across the country in the South East region to mark Biafra Day, which is celebrated annually in the region. Heavily armed men in black suits were reportedly shot at sporadically at the junction.