Gunmen have killed four family members in Anambra State, south-east Nigeria.

Gunmen have killed four family members in Anambra State, south-east Nigeria.

The incident happened on Thursday morning in Isseke, a community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra.

The victims, Kennedy Igboanugo, his two wives and a daughter, were still sleeping when the hoodlums invaded their apartment,Witnesses said the hoodlums left immediately after killing the victims.

The latest attack happened exactly one week after gunmen killed a lawyer and his client in Egbebelu village of Nanka, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Hundreds of persons have been killed or abducted and several others injured in some of such attacks in the region.

The latest attack happened exactly one week after gunmen killed a lawyer and his client in Egbebelu village of Nanka, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.

The Nigerian government has repeatedly accused the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of being responsible for the deadly attacks in the region.

But the group has denied its involvement in the attacks.

IPOB is a group leading agitation for an independent state of Biafra which it wants carved out from the South-east and some parts of the South-south Nigeria.