Gunmen kill nine in Rivers communities’ attacks

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  Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Musa Kimo


No fewer than nine persons were killed in two separate attacks by some gunmen who invaded two communities in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The incidents, which happened on Saturday in Ula-Upata and Edoha communities, claimed the lives of two members of a family identified as Gospel Nwoka (45) and Rogers Nwoka (28)


It was gathered that a group of gunmen had stormed Ula-Upata at about 1.30pm and opened fire on a building, leaving four persons in the area dead.
Apart from the two Nwokas, a 62-year-old woman, identified as Monica Zion, and Patricia Ziko (45) were also killed during the attack.
It was gathered that another group of gunmen killed five persons in Edoha, a village close to Ula-Upata community.
The five persons, according to sources, were beheaded by their assailants in an operation that occurred around 9.10pm.

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