GUNMEN KILL SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER IN IMO STATE
Eons Intelligence has gathered that gunmen have killed Okiemute Mrere, the Chief Provost of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in Imo state.
The Provost was killed after his killers intercepted his vehicle, a Toyota Hilux truck, along Owerri-Port Harcourt road on Saturday.
Sources confirm that the assailants shot sporadically at his vehicle, before dumping his corpse in a bush on Sunday morning.
Confirming the incident, Winifred Oguh, the Imo immigration command spokesperson, said investigation has begun into the incident and to arrest the gunmen behind the Provost’s death.
He said; “Yes I can confirm to you that we lost one of our officers, Deputy Superintendent of Immigration (DSI) Okiemute Mrere.
“We are yet to get full details of the incident as investigations are still ongoing.”
This incident comes after Ahmed Gulak, a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was killed in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Recently, there have been unprecedented attacks on Government facilities in the Eastern region. Security formations, INEC offices, Correctional centres, amongst others, have all been attacked in the region, while several residents have been killed and others injured.
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