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Daredevil thugs whisk away man standing trial in court

In what played out like a scene from an action movie, a group of armed thugs stormed the Imo state High Court and forcefully whisked away a man standing trial.

According to reports, the heavily armed thugs stormed the court during proceedings and starting shooting into the air sporadically wounding several people and causing a stampede as there was no security operative on ground to engage the miscreants.

An eyewitness, said the gunmen fired several rounds of gun shots for 10 minutes, whisking away the man identified as Henry Chibueze aka Vampire, whom reports say has been in prison since July, 2015.

“We were here in the court premises when a lawyer came to call us to enter room three for hearing. Shortly after that we started hearing sporadic gunshots. About six gunmen entered the court and started shooting. Some people were even wounded.

“They came with a Jeep and eventually they whisked away one of the inmates who the prisons officials brought to the court for hearing. The gunshot lasted over 10 minutes,” the eyewitness added.

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Spokesman for the Nigeria Police Force in Imo State, Maduba James, who confirmed the incident, said the police are now on the trail of the armed thugs who took away Chibueze.

He also noted that no less than five victims sustained gunshot wounds during the sporadic shootout by the armed men.

The police spokesman said; “We were in the office this morning when we got a call that some gunmen were in the court premises. We thought they were DSS officials because by then we were conveying over 50 inmates to the state High Court for hearing.

“However, the gunmen attacked some of our men and some of the inmates. They are critically injured now and have been taken to a hospital.

“Meanwhile, one of the inmates, who we know as Vampire, is at large presently but my controller and other security operatives are on top of the situation”.

 

 

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