Again, the level of insecurity in Nigeria has showed up in Io State on a critical level.
Sadly, security personnels who are meant to protect the lives and property of the citizens, have been brought down to their knees.
While security forces in Rivers State intensify their hunt for the killers of a Police DPO, Bako, gunmen in Imo State have killed no less than eight security agents in the state.
The security agents comprised soldiers, policemen and the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps.
The incident which happened on Tuesday morning in the Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state has thrown the area into panic.
The Reinforcement
The joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers.
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None of them survived, as they were burnt inside their operational vehicles.
A security operative who spoke on condition of anonymity said reinforcement teams were sent to the scene of the crime.
Their mission was to arrest the suspects and rescue the corpses of the slain security personnel.
Confusion In The Community
A resident in the community, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said that he saw the security agents.
The eyewitness said he saw them few minutes before they were set ablaze by the gunmen.
According to him, the community is now in confusion, owing to the development.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, also confirmed the development.
