Nigeria, May 3 -- Eleven people, including a pregnant woman, were killed when gunmen, suspected to be warlords from a neighbouring community, attacked the residents of Inikiri, a village in Ezza Effium Community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria's south-east.

The incident happened on Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

Ezza Effium and Uffiom Communities in the Ohaukwu Local Government of the state have been engulfed in dispute for some years now, which has resulted in the loss of several lives, displacement of hundreds of people and destruction of properties worth billions of naira.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the hoodlums invaded the community at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday and shot sporadically till 6 p.m. of...