At least one person has been killed in Ebem Ohafia community, Ohafia Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State, after security agents reportedly battled some criminals.
POLITICS NIGERIA learned that the incident happened on Wednesday evening, just after the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu visited the LGA for a tour.
The shooting, at Ebem motor park, happened around 5 PM.
In a video sighted by this newspaper, motorcyclists could be seen in a chaotic condition.
An indigene, Ibem Onwuka, lamented: “The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks, Ohafia, the Police Barracks and the Zonal headquarters of the NSCDC are all situated in Ebem, the headquarters of Ohafia LGA, yet there is no safety in the land, people now sleep with one eye open. Every day, one incident or the other.
“What has happened to Ohafia, once the most peaceful and secure city in Abia State?
“We need God’s intervention!!!”
God take control over ur children