There was tension in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Tuesday, as gunmen killed three persons.
Tribune Online learnt that two persons were gunned down opposite the First market at aifite, while one person was killed behind Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku, both in Awka South Local Government Area of the state.
An eye witness who spoke with Tribune Online said both incidents happened between 4.15-4.30pm, on Tuesday.
According to the source, ” these boys have started again. It is because the policemen are nowhere to be seen as a result of the “unknown gunmen”
As a result, panic had enveloped residents of Awka, who had not witnessed such killings in recent time
The killings reduced when a section of the community invited the dreaded ‘Bakassi Boys ‘, who stormed the town to tame the tide
But Nigerian Tribune also gathered that the incident at Ifite happened because some prominent persons in the area resisted the engagement of the security outfit
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ikenga Tochukwu, said he had not been briefed on the issue
He said as soon as the Command received the signal it would be made public.
But one of the senior Police officers in the State, who did not want to be quoted, confirmed the incidents
The source said it was not a case of gunmen, but a case of cult clashes involving rival groups.
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