How Gunmen Invaded Beer Parlour & Killed 5

IZUNNA OKAFOR

It was a black Friday in a community in Anambra State, as Unknown Gunmen invaded a beer parlour in the state and reportedly killed five persons.

The incident, according to reports, happened at Ụtọ Ndụ Beer Parlour in Obiofia Village, Osumenyi, in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity said the unidentified gunmen invaded the restaurant at about 8.pm and immediately opened fire on customers, who were drinking and having fun there, killing five of them, including the owner of the restaurant, identified as Ụtọ Ndụ, who hailed from Amichi, which is a neighbouring town to Osumenyi.

Videos from the scene of the incident, which are currently trending on social media also showed that four of the victims were males, while one (the owner of the shop) was a female, each lying lifeless in the pool of their own blood.

Sympathizers, friends and relatives of the victims were also seen mourning and lamenting as the corpses were being loaded in to a Toyota Sienna bus suspected to be an ambulance, for evacuation to the mortuary.

A weeping feminine voice was also heard in background lamenting (in Igbo language): “What have we done oooo? Who have we offended? What did we do to deserve all these?”

The Osumenyi attack is coming barely one one month after gunmen invaded the Nnewi South Local Government Headquarters in Ukpor and set some buildings and offices ablaze, after which they also killed a security man guarding the premises.

Recall also that gunmen, on Easter day, attacked another beer parlour and fast food joint, known as the Sophia Fast Food, located close to the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, where they also attacked and robbed customers, who were having a fun filled Easter bash at the restaurant.