Residents of Abor Akuzor, Umusoime, Nkpor in Anambra State
apparently did not have a peaceful Independence Day celebration as some gunmen
on Monday shot and killed two policemen on patrol in the neighborhood. Some
other policemen were also injured during the incident.
The gunmen were also said to have led some people to destroy
part of a hotel building under construction in the area. The building, which
allegedly belongs to the Chairman of Abor Akuzor kindred, Chief Okechukwu
Nwafoagu, was a mega hotel and it was believed that the hoodlums used
explosives suspected to be dynamite to destroy the structure.
While the motives these attacks remain unclear, they have
come on the heels of a similar killing of a woman, Ogechi Okechukwu, on Sunday
by gunmen, who attacked the village. Meanwhile, the Abor Akuzor people have
been embroiled in a land dispute with their neighbouring Oramadike people in
Ogidi. The dispute, which sometimes turned violent, has led to loss of lives
and destruction of property, and the Monday attack on Abor Akuzor was the third
since May this year. The hotel, which is at the roofing stage, was attacked and
property including generators, were set ablaze.
The Police Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters,
had, because of the killings and destruction, summoned the Chairman of Abor
Akuzor and his Oramadike counterpart to Abuja, where they were made to sign an
undertaking to maintain the peace and order. But the hotelier, whose hotel and
property were destroyed, blamed the police for not acting early on the
information his people had given them.
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