After beheading the couple, the gunmen said to have called their family members to mock them.
Gunmen on Saturday, shot dead and then beheaded a couple who were operatives of the Nigerian Army.
Military source told Sahara reporters that A M Linus, a Sergeant first class in the Army and his Lance Corporal wife were on their way to Imo State when the incident happened.
After beheading the couple, the gunmen were said to have called their family member to mock them.
A gory video of the incident showed the gunmen putting the heads on the victims chests, after the incident.
“It is so sad that we soldiers are no safer, the man a member of the 19 Regular Intakes while the wife was 79RI
“They were on their way to Imo State on Saturday when the incident happened.
“You won’t believe these gunmen as we speak still used their phones to make calls to their family members, making jest of them and threatening to kill them as well.” This couple just married recently, even their photoshoot caused a lot of criticism and seems they were punished for it”. “Though the man is married to another with woman with grown-up kids, we suddenly elopsed with this young soldiers. The man still has a father, his brother is also a Soldier working with a battalion in Kaduna.
The lady was also raped before they were beheaded” a soldier told Reporters. Attacks by armed men have increased in the South-East in recent times.
The attacks often target Security agencies and government facilities.