Sources in the area said that the assailants fled with the woman’s child from the hotel after killing her.
The men used dangerous weapons on each other over N200 to be received for assisting a trader to carry his goods.
The Abia government has appealed for calm over the death of Sunday Ugba, a deacon in the Assemblies of God Church.
“People should stop raising false alarms so that if anything happens we will know.”
“The place was set ablaze, our policemen were injured, and other things were also set ablaze, like vehicles.”
In a 44 seconds video sent to The Gazette, lifeless bodies of the killed ESN members were seen in the pool of their blood.
