Gunmen Kill Four Oil Workers, Injure Many In Imo

Gunmen have killed four workers of Lee Engineering Company in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.

It was gathered that the oil workers were attacked on Monday on the way to their Work place in Assa Community.

Four persons died instantly while many others sustained injuries.

The oil plant in the community, according to The PUNCH, was under construction by the oil company.

Confirming the incident, the national president of Congress of Ohaji Youths, Emmanuel Ugorji, said some community leaders and security agents have visited the scene.

He urged the government to beef up security in the area, noting that gunmen were terrorising the area in recent times.

Ugorji said, “The first attack by this group was an attack on Oil Serve company and the second one was the kidnapping of the Cluster Development Board Chairman, Godswill Uzomba, whose whereabouts have remained unknown for three months now and followed by burning of ZEROC equipment at Watersmith industrial park by a known criminal gang.”

The president-general of the Assa autonomous community, Bartholomew Obodo, also confirmed the attack to our correspondent.

He called on the Nigerian government to come to the rescue of his people.