Information reaching Checkout Magazine has it that soldiers of 14 Brigade, Army Headquarters, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Barracks, Ohafia on Saturday engaged in a shootout with gunmen in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State.
The incident caused pandemonium in the community as residents and indigenes of Elu, Amangwu, Ebem and Amaekpu, Ohafia LGA fled from their respective communities to neighbouring villages in order to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
Six soldiers and a member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) reportedly died in the melee.
The villagers are calling on Senator Orji Kalu, Senate Chief Whip and other State and National Assembly members to come to their aides.
Army spokesman, Capt. Dauda Illiya, and the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, are yet to confirm the report as at press time.
According to Ogbonna, he is yet-to-be informed of such development in Ohafia Local Government Area.
