Gunmen have allegedly killed six soldiers in Adani, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. The PUNCH gathered that the soldiers were killed in the early hours of Tuesday at a military checkpoint on the Nsukka-Adani-Anambra Federal Highway. A reliable security source told our correspondent that the gunmen attacked the checkpoint at Iggah/Asaba. In a message titled, ‘Troops repel ESN attack on their location at Adani’, Nwachukwu, however, said only two soldiers were killed during the attack before the hoodlums were repelled. “We assure the general public of our commitment to providing adequate security in the general area in collaboration with other security agencies.

Source: Punch July 14, 2021 23:59 UTC