Three persons suspected to be staff of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) were on Friday afternoon killed by unknown assailants in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State.
The incident, our correspondent gathered happened at the popular SAMECK junction along popular Faulks leading to the Ariaria International Market.
One of the deceased persons was identified as Stanley Ejike, while the identify of others were still unknown.
The deceased who were operating in a commercial shuttle mini bus, many said were illegal revenue agents.
The incident, it was gathered, forced many shop owners to close business to avoid possible police mass arrest.
Narrating the incident, a shop owner on Faulks road said “We were here selling our goods when some hefty men dressed in black attire approached some people in a small bus and before you could know what is happening, they used either knife or axe to hack them to death and dismembered their body parts.
“At first, it was alleged that those inside the bus where police officers in mufti.
“Another account has it that the said group in the small bus were touts who go after traffic offenders.
“Everywhere went chaotic. People left their shops and ran away as no one could understand what was the issue.
“The killers dressed in black and black. We couldn’t go close to see if there could be any means of identifying any of the said persons.
“The body of the deceased were evacuated by the police team and other security agents that arrived the scene much later.
Reacting to the ugly development, the Abia State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Geoffrey Ogbonna identified the deceased persons as staff of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) said to be on duty in the area.
According to Ogbonna “they were identified as ASEPA staffers who were on duty in the area in a mini bus.
“They were attacked by men suspected to be cultists, but the name of their cult group is not yet known.
“The people who dressed in black outfit inflicted multiple injuries on their victims with machetes daggers and axes which left one Stanley Ejike and two others whose identities were yet-to-be identified dead.
“It was the ID card found on the body of one of them that disclosed that they were ASEPA staff.
“Before police get to the scene, the suspects have escaped, living the dead body of their victims which have been deposited in the morgue.
“The operational vehicle of the ASEPA staff is being recovered.
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“Investigation into the matter has commenced. People with information that could lead to the arrest of those behind the dastardly act should provide police with other useful information.”
