Gunmen Wednesday
shot dead a US returnee, one Ogbo Edoga, in his home town
at Aku, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Report said the economist was trailed to
the house of one of his kinsmen, from where the two assailants, accosted him
and shot him at point blank. He reportedly died before reaching the hospital.
Family sources said the deceased returned to Nigeria to attend a
meeting of Nsukka professionals based in United States,geared towards
raising funds for the construction of an ultra-modern medical diagnosis centre
to be built at Ede Oballa community in the area.
Eye witnesses said the killers had asked the deceased
‘where is the money? But the soft spoken Financial economist reportedly
knelt down, begging his assailants to spare his life, only for one of them,
said to have been armed with an AK 47 rifle, to release several shots
around his waist after forcefully snatching his waist band.
The assassins were
said to have escaped in a car belonging to a retired senior officer of
State Security Service SSS who was passing by.
The incident, threw Aku community into pandemonium ,
disrupting programmes lined-up for the day, which included a reception
for an indigenous priest and the dedication of a structure built by the
deceased’s twin sister’s husband.
Following this development, security has heightened in the area
,as a combined team of Military men and policemen have mounted
surveillance and patrol all over the area in search of the killers.
Meanwhile, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of
Nsukka zone, Ros Hamson Aladu, who confirmed the incident, described it as
assassination . He therefore, urged all returnees in the area to quickly
apply for police protection.
Source: Vanguard
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