A member of Okpoko Vigilance Group, simply identified as “Stubborn”, was killed yesterday by a gang of robbers operating on motorcycles at Mugambo Market, Okpoko, in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.
It was learnt that the robbers trailed the man from Elephant Building to his security post.
When he sighted the motorcyclists, the vigilante reportedly ran away.
But the assailants were said to have brought out their AK-47 rifles and started shooting at the vigilante as he ran for safety.
The burglary proof on the window of the house reportedly prevented “Stubborn” from passing through.
The robbers entered the compound and shot at the door. The force from the heavy guns detached the door from the wall.
They shot “Stubborn” several times in the head and chest and emptied a magazine of bullets on him before leaving the scene, it was learnt.
An eyewitness said the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Okpoko, led by Anthony Ogah, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), “Stubborn’s” colleagues in the vigilance group and members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), were still battling to unravel the motive behind the killing.
The eyewitness said a suspect was arrested and handed over to the SARS at the police headquarters in Awkuzu.
He said the suspect has been helping the police with useful information.
A lawyer and resident, Chief S. O. Abuchi, hailed the police, the vigilantes and MASSOB for tightening security in the area.
Anambra people again and their naked lust of money and fame. ..Where Kidnappers and other criminals are king and reign supreme. Onitsha/Okpoko/Upper Iweka axis where anything goes
ReplyDeleteOjoma, u must b a BOKO HARAM! Imagine wat u r sayg!
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