A team of eight soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been killed by gunmen in Imo State.
The sad incident which occurred on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state has thrown the area into panic.
The joint taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers.
According to eyewitnesses, none of the security personnel survived as they were burnt inside their operational vehicles.
A security who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that reinforcement teams had been sent to the scene of the crime with the intent to arrest the suspects and rescue the corpses of the slain security operative.
A resident in the community who do not want to reveal his identity for security said that he saw the security agents a few minutes before they were set ablaze.
He said that the community had been thrown into confusion, owing to the development.
The Imo state police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, confirmed the development but asked for time to get the full details of the horrible incident.
