Three persons were yesterday killed by gunmen while five others escaped with various degrees of injury in Enugwu- Ukwu Town Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
This is coming as the Anambra State Government dismissed accusations that operatives of the state Vigilance Services (AVS), are being underpaid which according to the claim accounts for the rise in crimes and criminality in the area.
The incident which occurred on Monday at a boundary bush between Enugwu- Ukwu and Nawfia Communities was said to have followed a certain phone call inviting some young men from EnugwuUkwu to inspect a land and on getting to the land they were asked to lie down.
According to an eye witness who survived the barrel of the gun from the attackers, “I got a call from some one who asked me to come so that he will show me something and I went there along with other young men, only for us to hear lie down all of you.
“We tried to know what was happening and they started firing at us and the bullet hit me while three persons among us died and I managed to escape with my wound,” he said.
Confirming the incident, the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochikwu Ikenga, said in a release; “The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has ordered investigation into the murder of three persons and left five others seriously injured today 9/9/2024 by 2 pm at Isionye land, a boundary between Enugu ukwu and Nwafia” .
“Preliminary information revealed the victims were lured by some individuals through a phone call to the land in guise of a land transaction and attacked with guns and machete.”