Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - An unspecified number of passengers were on Wednesday morning, July 9, abducted and some of them reportedly shot by criminals operating at Ezinnachi/Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.
Vanguard reports that some of the passengers who managed to
escape, say the incident occurred between 9:00 and 10:00 am as the gunmen
blocked the highway and operated unchallenged.
One of the passengers who left Umuahia a few minutes before
the incident said the vehicle conveying them almost ran into the gunmen before
the driver suddenly “did a U-turn”.
“We escaped
by divine grace. They stationed close to the hospital under construction after
Ezinnachi before Okigwe. They shot some people and some vehicles were parked
there. We don’t know the exact number of victims. Every vehicle is turning and
running back to either Okigwe or Umuahia,” one of the passengers said
At the time of filing this report, it was not yet clear if
security operatives in Imo State had arrived at the scene
The axis (between Okigwe and Ezinnachi) of late has become a
hotbed.
It was observed, however, that about two security
checkpoints around the area between Ezinnachi junction and Okigwe junction had
been dismantled.
A new security checkpoint has been mounted a few metres after the Okigwe Roundabout, right at a busy area, leaving a large uninhabited stretch of the dual-carriage highway unpoliced.
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