…Imo commissioner, others shot
By Vincent Ujumadu & Davies Iheamnachor
No fewer than four military men have been feared killed in another attack on security men in Rivers State.
The incident happened at Omenema community in Abua Central, Abua/Oduah Local Government Area of the state on Sunday evening.
This came less than 24 hours after unknown gunmen killed eight security operatives on Owerri-Port Harcourt road.
In another development, there was pandemonium on the Igbariam campus of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, yesterday, as students and residents ran to safety, following the alleged killing of nine persons and 23 cows by gunmen.
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Published 26 April 2021
Fresh facts emerged on Monday on how gunmen shot the Imo State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship and Skill Acquisition, Iyke Ume.
The PUNCH had reported that there was panic in Owerri, the state capital, as gunmen shot no fewer than four motorists in a Sunday night robbery attack.
One of the motorists who was shot was driving an unmarked security vehicle.
He was driving in the vehicle, when they double crossed him, shot him before attacking other vehicles, including commercial buses.
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The PUNCH revealed that the commissioner was riding with the Special Adviser on Inter Party Affairs, Dominic Uzowuru, to his home in Orji, when the armed robbers double-crossed him and shot him on his leg and hand.