A female police officer identified as Chinyere Obilo has been reportedly killed by gunmen in Ngor Okpala local government area of Imo State.
News Band Newspaper gathered that the woman who was with the Highway patrol unit on stop and search duty along the Owerri/Aba road was killed by the ragtag gunmen on Wednesday.
The officer who is said to be in the rank of a sergeant was on duty with her colleagues at Umuagbom village in Ihitte community, along the Owerri/ Aba Expressway, when they were ambushed by gunmen who emerged suddenly from a mini-bus known as Busimo and opened fire on them.
This paper also gathered that a yet to be identified civilian was equally killed during the unfortunate attack.
Meanwhile, Imo state police command is yet to issue a statement over the development.