Five persons have been killed in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State by unknown armed men.
This occured after Governor Nyesom Wike, announced that some of the unknown gunmen who killed security personnel in the state had been apprehended and would be charged to court.
According to reports, four of the victims were allegedly among the group of gunmen that killed seven policemen in the state last week, and fled with bullet wounds including a nurse identified as chichi who was caught up in the gunfire where she was treating them at a medical facility in the area.
Unconfirmed report alleged that the five persons were killed by a tactical team of the Nigeria Police , who had stormed the hideout in two Hilux vans and a sienna and opened fire on them.
The victims were also alleged to be responsible for the recent murder of seven policemen in co-ordinated attacks on security formations along the East- West Road and Elimgbu Police Station.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Friday Eboka, told journalists that the unknown armed men who carried out the Oyigbo killings were not policemen.
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