October 19, (THEWILL) – The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the death of two traditional rulers after yet-to-be-identified gunmen opened fire on them.
The two monarchs were the Obi 1 of Okwudor autonomous community, Eze E. Anayochukwu Durueburuo, and Eze Sampson Osunwa of Ihebineowerre autonomous community.
The traditional rulers were having a stakeholders meeting at the council headquarters at Nnenasa in the Njaba local government area of the state when the gunmen struck.
According to an eyewitness, the armed men moved into the hall and left the two other traditional rulers of Nkume community and Eze Akpaka with broken heads and hands.
An unconfirmed report said some of the monarchs at the stakeholders meeting were taken away by the gunmen to an unknown location.
When contacted on phone, the police spokesperson in the state, Mike Abattam, said two monarchs had been confirmed dead, not five as claimed by some media reports.
In the meantime, the command has commenced an investigation into the incident.
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