Five die in IPOB, unknown Gunmen clash in Anambra State

Five persons were killed during a confrontation with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Anambra State on Friday. IPOB operatives were said to have carried the bodies of the gunmen in a Hilux van and fired some gunshots in the air as they drove towards the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway, recalled eye witnesses. The incident, according to them, happened at Akwa village in Ihiala during a clash between IPOB and unknown gunmen. “The gunmen have a camp at a place called Oseakwa from where they have been terrorising Ihiala, Okija, Uli and other neighbouring communities. ALSO READ: Police kill Anambra kidnapping expert, arrest members “For some time now, the gunmen have been disrupting burials and demanding to be settled before any ceremony is organised. They are also the ones that have been kidnapping people and snatching cars. “On June 17, IPOB swooped on the gunmen in their camp and five people were killed during the shootout. IPOB operatives loaded the corpses in a Hilux van and paraded them around the villages.”