Some unknown Gunmen, were attacked several parts of the Mbaitoli in Imo state enforcing the stay-at-home order.
The gunmen who seemed to be acting on an order killed the elder brother of Popular Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, Popularly known as Paw Paw, and went ahead to machete the Commissioner for solid minerals, Martin Eke.
The gunmen who dressed in all black continually fired shots to scare people, people scampered to safety, and businesses were deserted.
Some eyewitnesses told the news respondents all they saw
He said, “They just killed a policeman now. They opened fire on them and were shouting, ‘There is a sit-at-home. We have asked you to go home. Stay indoors.’”
Another eyewitness said, “I just escaped death now. They stopped before us and shot in the air and asked us to go home. They didn’t shoot at us maybe because I was in the midst of some elderly women.”
Michael Abattam, the police spokesperson for the state is yet to release a statement concerning this gory incident in Imo.