Unknown gunmen have killed three personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ozala Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State.
It was learned that the gunmen attacked the Ozalla community along Enugu-Port Harcourt Road, as well as the Lomalida axis of Ugwuaji Road.
The gunmen opened fire at a customs checkpoint within Ozalla community, close to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, at about 1:30p.m.
A customs officer was said to have died instantly, while three other officers sustained serious bullet wounds.
This newspaper gathered that the injured were taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
Minutes later, the hoodlums attacked a police checkpoint at Lomalida axis of Ugwuaji Road where some policemen and NSCDC officers were brutally murdered.
Two officers were feared dead from the shooting, while about four others sustained bullet wounds.
The police spokesperson in Enugu State, Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the shootings.
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