No fewer than ninteen persons including women and children are feared dead, following an attack by unknown Gunmen on a Layout in Igbariam, Anambra State .
According to eye witnesses, the hoodlums stormed the area along the Igbariam junction axis killing the people with about twenty three cows.
The situation caused panic and tension within the area which is largely inhabited by students of the Anambra state University, Igbariam.
Speaking with Radio Nigeria, the Student Union Governor, Igbariam Campus, Comrade Kizito said the incident which happened at about 2:00AM on Monday morning, forced many students and residents to flee the area for fear of reprisal attacks.
He, however, said security agencies had been contacted and a team of joint patrol teams were already on ground in the area.
The Public Reactions officer of the University, Doctor Christian Chukwueloka in a telephone interview described the incident as unfortunate but noted that the school authority may not have much to do over the panic as the students reside outside the community.
Confirming the incident to Radio Nigeria , the Chairman Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, South East Zone, Gidado Sidiq who visited the scene said nineteen persons including women and children were slaughtered and twenty three cows shot by unknown persons.
Sidiq while describing the incident as barbaric , allayed the fears of some people that there may be onslaught on the residents of the area.
Many students and residents upon hearing about the incident started relocating from their hostels while some parents drove down to pick their wards for fear of attack.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga said the assailants said to be armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons invaded the village in their numbers and attacked the residents, resulting to the death of nineteen persons whose identity are yet unknown.
He noted that a crack team of police operatives led by an Assistant Commissioner of police have visited the scene and have successfully restored normalcy in the area.
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