Attack on security personnel in Uli leaves soldier and child dead
Armed hoodlums, suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB/ESN militia, attacked a brothel near Uli town in Awka on the evening of May 17, 2025, killing a soldier and a young boy, while a young woman was injured by stray bullets.
The incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m. at “Uru Di Ya” brothel close to Uli center. The attackers, operating in two unidentified vehicles, opened fire, killing the soldier on duty and an unidentified little boy. A young woman caught in the gunfire was admitted to hospital, stabilized, and is responding to treatment.
A joint police and vigilante team quickly responded, but the assailants fled the scene before they arrived.
The deceased soldier’s AK-47 rifle was recovered by a vigilante witness and handed over to the Army Captain leading counterterrorism operations in the area.
BA adds
What were soldiers doing in front of a brothel at 9pm..in uli,. Anambra,.now a youth is dead and a lady critically injured..one soldier dead..always same story…Orlu..ihiala,,mgbidi. Umuakan.always women and beer. Uli is a cosmopolitan town..those killers could have come from any direction..besides it’s a transit town for trailer drivers
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