Nigeria, March 11 -- The police in Imo State, south-east Nigeria, have confirmed the death of a fifth person in a recent attack by gunmen in the state.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the gunmen invaded Abacheke Community in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of the state on Friday evening, killing four people, with another seriously hit by bullets.

The armed men, dressed in military camouflage and wearing masks, were said to have entered the community on three motorcycles.

But Henry Okoye, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed in a statement on Monday that the fifth victim had died.

Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, said the commissioner of police in the state, Aboki Danjuma, on Monday, convened "a pivotal securit...