How Gunmen Attack Enugu Army Checkpoint, Soldiers Feared Killed

By Oladosu Oluwagbenga 

Unknown gunmen attacked an army checkpoint at Obeagu-Amodu on the Amechi-Agbani route in Enugu State’s Enugu South Local Government Area, killing unspecified numbers of soldiers and police officers.

At around 7:30 on Tuesday morning, the onslaught started to gather momentum.

Sources claim that the thugs attacked the checkpoint in a Toyota Sienna bus and two Lexus Jeeps.

The checkpoint had previously been targeted by gunmen three times; the attack on Tuesday was the fourth.

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No fewer than 12 people were killed in the earlier attacks, including roughly eight police officers.

Gunmen opened fire on the combined police and military team as soon as they rushed the checkpoint, according to Theeagle’s reported sources.

Sources said that all of the soldiers and police officers at the checkpoint were slain, despite the fact that the number of victims was still unclear.

Some unconfirmed reports said that while three soldiers were injured to varying degrees and managed to escape the attack, two cops and three soldiers were all slain.

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The firing between the thugs and security personnel is said to have caused neighboring homeowners and drivers to flee for cover as bullets rained down like water on their homes.

In the most recent assault on the checkpoint, which had previously been guarded by police, gunfire exchanged between the attackers and four people of adjacent settlements resulted in four deaths.

However, it has been claimed that soldiers sent to pursue the hoodlums who escaped following the incident have treated drivers on the road inhumanely.

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“Passengers in tricycle going to Agbani from Amechi were roughly manhandle by soldiers. They are going to villages searching for young men and parking them to their Barack in chains,” said the motorists who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Inability of Enugu Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, to answer calls prevented attempts to get a response from the police.