TWO PERSONS DIE AND TWO OTHERS ABDUCTED IN OKO, ORUMBA NORTH LGA OF ANAMBRA STATE 20-06-25
By Sadiq Aminu An eyewitness account revealed that the armed criminals operating with a motorcycle and a black Lexus 350 SUV without a plate number, started shooting indiscriminately at Total junction Oko.
Four persons were allegedly wounded including a lady that is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.
The two others were allegedly abducted at Tipper junction also in Oko before the armed cultists fled the scene.
Confirming the incident in a press statement, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga says police Operatives are already acting on necessary information from some eyewitnesses for the possible arrest of the armed hoodlums.
The statement explains that the Police Operatives led by the Area Commander Aguata, complemented by the Joint Security Force comprising the Army, Navy, Civil Defence and Vigilante Operatives have taken over the scene of the alleged cult related shooting which occurred by 8.40pm on 19th June.
The Command has sued for calm as the Operatives are already acting on some clues from the scene and leveraging on necessary information from some eyewitnesses for the possible arrest of the hoodlums.