Gunmen Attack Anambra Community, Kill 10

Armed assailants have fatally shot ten individuals at a meeting in the Ogboji community, located in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Reports indicate that the attackers, arriving in two sport utility vehicles on Monday, June 30, 2025, unleashed gunfire on attendees of a monthly general meeting.

According to police sources, the attack claimed 10 lives, although community members reported a higher toll of 13 deaths.

Chigozie Nweke, a local resident and president of the Association of Non-Indigenes in Anambra State, spoke to journalists on Tuesday, revealing that most victims were non-indigenous.

“It was a tragic and horrifying Monday evening for members of the Ogboji community, particularly non-indigenes residing in the area, as gunmen stormed a meeting venue in the area and brutally m8rdered about 13 persons,” he said.

“The attack, which occurred between 6:00pm and 7:00pm, left the affected families in mourning. We bring to the attention of the Anambra State Government the k!lling of these persons, mostly indigenes of Ebonyi State at Ogboji in Orumba South Local Government Area by yet to be identified gunmen.”

Nweke also urged the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Ikioye Orutugu, to deploy personnel to track down those responsible.

A survivor, Augustine Odom, chairman of the Ebonyi community in Ogboji, described the attack as “sudden and unprovoked” while recounting his experience.

“The community was holding its regular monthly meeting when the assailants struck. We were having our monthly meeting of the Ebonyi community, which holds on the last Monday of every month, beginning at 4:00pm,” he narrated.

“This gathering was known to our Town Union President. It was a peaceful meeting aimed at discussing welfare issues affecting our members. Then, around 6:30pm, a group of gunmen arrived in a Sienna vehicle and accused us of holding a meeting against them.

“The attackers demanded the group’s minutes book, and thereafter seized it and opened fire on the participants. They collected our minutes book, ordered everyone to lie down, and then asked the chairman to stand. Moments later, they started shooting at us. About 13 of our members were killed on the spot. The treasurer and I survived with gunshot wounds.”

Odom noted that the deceased hailed from various Ebonyi State communities, including Izzi, Ikwo, Mgbo, and other villages.

The two survivors, now receiving medical treatment locally, expressed disbelief, stating they had no prior conflicts with any individual or group.

“We have no issues with anyone. We are law-abiding residents who simply gathered to support one another,” he added.

SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Anambra State Police Command’s spokesman, confirmed the incident on Tuesday, stating that police have secured the area and launched investigations to identify the perpetrators.

Ikenga reported that the victims were taken to a hospital, where 10 were confirmed d3ad.

“The Anambra State Police Command has condemned the indiscriminate shooting incident that resulted in fatal injuries and fatalities to ten persons on the evening of 30th June, 2025, at Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area. The Police has further assured that the Command shall hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice,” the PPRO said.

“The armed criminals came in two Sport Utility Vehicles and attacked the gathering of a group unprovokedly, shooting sporadically. The victims were rushed to the hospital and regrettably, 10 people were confirmed dead. The bodies have been deposited in the morgue.

“Meanwhile, the Police-led security team has taken over the scene and is working on the necessary information to arrest the perpetrators. Further development would be communicated, please.”

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