Abia State Government has confirmed the killing of eight persons and 51 cows by gunmen at new Cattle Market in Omuma-Uzo in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.

Commissioner for Information, EZE CHIKAMNAYO, who confirmed the incident in a statement made available to reporters in Aba, condemned the attack.

He said some yet-to- be-identified gunmen attacked traders at the cattle market on February 15, at about 11.35 p.m.

The commissioner said the government responded swiftly by mobilising security agencies to the scene to secure the lives and property of the traders and fish out the assailants.

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