Soldiers shoot man dead in Ihiala LGA

<p><strong>Soldiers patrolling <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra<&sol;a> State have shot a yet-to-be-identified man&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; soldiers from a patrol van opened fire on commuters hundreds of metres away from the LGA headquarters and one fell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After moving a short distance away&comma; a crowd began to form around the man&comma; prompting the soldiers to return&comma; firing sporadically again and sending residents scampering for security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When <strong>FIJ<&sol;strong> reporter returned to the scene&comma; the middle-aged man was no longer there&period; Multiple witnesses said he had been picked up by the soldiers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;unknown-gunmen-assassinate-top-military-officer-in-kaduna-photo&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;993366&semi;">Unknown Gunmen Kill Top Military Officer In Kaduna &lbrace;Photo&rcub;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Attempts to record the incident were futile&comma; as soldiers forced all commuters to alight from their vehicles and raise both hands to full length&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;real-reason-anambra-election-was-declared-inconclusive-inec&sol;">supplementary election is currently ongoing in Ihiala LGA which was earlier suspended on Saturday due to the insecurity&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;