Security operatives and some gunmen on Sunday were involved in a gun battle in some parts of Orlu and Orsu Local Government Areas of Imo state.
Vanguard reports that the gun battle started on Saturday night and caused panic thereby forcing residents into their houses for safety as some fled into the bushes.
An intelligence officer who spoke to Vanguard alleged that the security operatives stormed the affected areas based on the report that the unknown gunmen were regrouping to launch attacks.
From the areas of the gun battle, a guest house, Inland guest house or ukwu Aki guest house was razed down on Sunday morning.
A source who spoke to Vanguard from some of the affected villages, claimed that there were casualties during the gun battle but was not specific whether it was the security agencies or the unknown gunmen that suffered the losses.
He said, “We can’t say for sure. What I can say is that these men are fighting seriously between the security men and the unknown gunmen.
“This battle started from Saturday night and later on Sunday morning, a guest house was burnt. Inland guest house and other people shops and houses.”
