Military Officer, seven others killed in Port Harcourt

Military Officer, seven others killed in Port Harcourt

                   

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed eight persons and injured many others in parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, Friday night.
                    

Eye witness account had it that five persons were shot dead and scores wounded, when gunmen stormed a popular bar at Amadi-Ama roundabout, in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of the state, shooting sporadically at the customers.The incident occurred at about 11:30 pm. Among those killed was a lady and a military personnel.
                   
A source close to the scene of crime said residents were awakened by heavy shooting at the all night drinking spot which operates 24 hours service.
Three of the corpses which could not be identified immediately after the killing were left outside the bar till morning, while expended bullets littered the place.

Also, earlier that night, three persons were killed and another seriously wounded when two armed men attacked some persons in another part of Port Harcourt.
The three victims were identified as Ibiyene (a woman, selling local gin, kaikai), Ekaki and Maxwell. Ekena reportedly sustained injury.

The incident happened at about 9pm. It was said that the bandits, suspected to be cultists came from old NEPA waterfront and shot the victims at Prime Rose Estate, Okrika waterfront.

According to an eyewitness who did not want to be named, the killers walked to where the woman was selling the drink and opened fired on them.The victims were said to have died on the spot.
The State Police spokesman, Ahmad Muhammad, confirmed the killings,
Muhammad said “the brief I got showed that the hoodlums are cultists.”