Nigeria Navy Loses Personal, Sophisticated Weapons to Gunmen in Onitsha *Another Sustains Bullet Injuries*

BY CHIKA OZOEMENA, ONITSHA 

The Nigeria Navy, Ontisha Outpost Station in Anambra State last Sunday lost one of it’s personal to the yet to be identified gunmen who stormed the military men checkpoint along the ever-busy Onitsha/Owerri road, near the stockfish market, Onitsha, Anambra.

The bandits who also left one of the Naval officer on critical condition through several gunshots,, it was gathered, allegedly made away with the sophisticated weapons that was assigned of their victims.

This Platform learnt authoritatively that the gunmen, in their large number, rode on two utility vehicles when they stormed the Naval checkpoint and gunned down one of the Naval personnel, having allegedly chop off one of the hands of the military man.

According to an eyewitness who identified himself as Ikechukwu he said the incident took the naval staff by surprise, which led to the bandits to over power the gunmen while saying that, “the two Naval personnel were  the gun men had upper hands to perpetuate the barbaric act.

“The gun men who are in their large number, more than 20, came with two SUV vehicles and shot one of the military officer dead, injured one and took away their service rifles” he stated.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased was said to have been deposited in a yet to be disclosed morgue in Anambra State while investigation on how to apprehend the suspects is ongoing.

When contacted for comment, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, CSP Mohammed Haruna, referred journalists to contact the woman in charge of the Naval Public Relations office.

Reacting, the Onitsha Naval Commander, Captain Innocent Udoh Udoh, was reached by media practitioners, confirmed the attack saying that the victims were in critical  condition in a yet to be disclosed hospital and declined further comment.

Meanwhile, vehicles plying the Onitsha/Owerri road were diverted to Obosi by-pass out of fear of the unknown as the scene of the incident was deserted to avoid arrest.