By Ikeugonna Eleke and Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
A man identified as Dr Osita Chinedu and a lecturer in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, was on Monday evening shot dead in Awka, Anambra State Capital, by persons suspected to belong to a car snatching syndicate.
Sources around the High Tension area in Aroma, where the incident happened, said the gunmen blocked the lecturer and ordered him to come out of his car and ordering him to surrender his keys before he was finally shot in the head. They made away with his car as the victim died at the spot. It was around 8pm.
A staff member of Unizik who alerted other colleagues of the development, said, ‘Yes, someone was shot dead along that high tension this evening. They are saying that he is a lecturer from UNIZIK, from Nteje.
‘Please, Comrades, let’s be safe during this Yuletide. If they come for your car, surrender the car, our lives are important.
‘Any comrade close to high tension axis should confirm the news that a Unizik lecturer was shot dead this night.’
Reacting on condition of anonymity, another staff member of UNIZIK said, ‘A colleague and fellow sports enthusiast was shot dead yesterday night. This is no longer funny.
‘We and our children are no longer safe in this state, a whole Capital City,’ the visibly furious lecturer said.
As at the time of filing this report, the Anambra State Command spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, was yet to react to the incident.
