Fear grips Imo community as escaped prisoner kills eight

A lone bandit said to be terrorising the oil-bearing community of Mmahu Egbema, headquarters of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo in the early hours of Tuesday shot eight persons to death.

The bandit, an escapee of Imo Correctional Centre, had stormed the community from a nearby bush and started shooting sporadically killing eight people in the process.

The President of Egbema Community, who introduced himself as Romano, said the bandit who hails from the community, had since escaped from the prison.

“Since he escaped from the prison he has been terrorizing the entire community,” he said.

 

He said that when the community could no longer bear his atrocities they invited the security operatives to assist in arresting him but they could not track him.

According to him, has thrown the entire community into mourning and panic.

The Youth President said the bandit had killed three persons and escaped into the bush for fear of being apprehended by security operatives before the latest incident.

“He started killing since last week. If he kills he would ran into the bush,” he disclosed.

Confirming the incident, the Imo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, CSP Michael Abatham said that the command “is aware of the incident.”

Though he did not confirm the number of casualties involved, he simply said that investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killings has commenced. Nation