A lawyer identified as Rolex Iloakasia and his client were
reportedly shot dead on Thursday while returning from a court hearing in
Anambra.
Tochukwu Ikenga, police spokesperson in Anambra, who
confirmed the incident in a statement, said the two men were shot dead at about
11.30 am in Egbebelu village, Nanka, under the Orumba north LGA.
He said the lawyer had earlier secured the bail of an
accused person in a pending murder case at high court II in Ekwulobia before
they were double-crossed by the assailants.
“The commissioner of police, Anambra state command, CP
Ikioye Orutugu, fwc, minps, PhD, today, Thursday, 15th May 2025, at about
11:30am, led a team of senior officers—including the deputy commissioner of
police in charge of operations and experienced detectives from the command—on a
visit to the crime scene at Egbebelu village, Nanka, Orumba North Local
Government Area, where two persons were gruesomely murdered by
yet-to-be-identified armed men operating on a motorcycle,” the statement reads.