By Ijendu Iheaka
Umuahia. May 18, 2024.
Hoodlums on Friday attacked an Army checkpoint located near Aba main motor park in Abia and killed a soldier on duty at the post.
A reliable military personnel who spoke to our Correspondent when contacted confirmed the incident.
The source said that the hoodlums injured another soldier who is now in the intensive care unit of a hospital.
He also said that the hoodlums who he said must be operating in the city took away the gun of the murdered soldier.
“In the night of Friday, May 17, some gunmen came to one of our army checkpoints in Aba and gunned down our soldier.
“They also wounded another soldier who is in intensive care unit in a hospital now.
“They took away the weapon of the soldier who was killed”, he narrated.
The officer who spoke under anonymously said that he is not permitted to speak to the media.
He, however confirmed that the Commander of 14 Brigade Command, Ohafia, Abia, Brig. Gen. Olusola Diya was in Aba on Saturday to know what happened.
He said that investigations were going on to ascertain what happened and unravel the perpetrators of that act at the checkpoint on Friday night in Aba.
He regretted that anybody could allow such an act to go on which is capable of shattering the peace and progress of Aba.
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