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Mr. Ifeanyi Okeke, Managing Director of Auto Ease, a popular vehicle body repair outlet based in Enugu has been assassinated by unknown gunmen.
He was shot and killed Sunday night along his street where he reportedly went to have a hair cut in the company of his 7-year-old child.
Confirming the incident Enugu Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe, ASP, noted that Mr. Okeke was shot severally by his assailants and died later in hospital.
He noted that the Police got information received on 04/07/2021 at about 8:30 pm, that hoodlums were operating at Bricks Estate, Independence Layout, Enugu.
“Police Operatives attached to the Layout’s Police Division, immediately raced to the scene. On sighting the Operatives, the criminal elements fled, while their male victim, later identified as Ifeanyi Okeke, whom they shot severally, was rushed to the nearest hospital, where he was confirmed dead by Doctors on duty.”
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Published 4 June 2021
The serene and peaceful atmosphere being enjoyed by residents of the Enugu metropolis was on Thursday fouled by fear and pandemonium following shootings by rival cults.
The shootings, which occurred around 1pm, sent jitters down the spine of traders and residents, as people scampered in different directions.
PUNCH Metro gathered that a youth, whose identity had not been ascertained, was hit by a bullet in the mouth.
He was said to have been rushed to a hospital by the police.
Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred at one of the motor parks in the market, which forced traders to close hurriedly, as motorists took to their heels.
CP orders massive manhunt for Enugu ex-judge killers
Published 1 June 2021
The Enugu State Police Command, on Monday, said it had launched a manhunt for the killers of a former State High Court judge, Justice Stanley Nnaji.
Justice Nnaji was allegedly killed around the Ebeano Tunnel bypass by gunmen on Sunday.
A statement by the command, however, did not identify the victim as a former judge.
The statement was titled: ‘Murder of an unidentified man: CP orders full-scale manhunt for assailants, says they must be fished out and brought to book’.
It read, “The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, has ordered the launch of a full-scale manhunt for yet-to-be identified armed assailants alleged to have trailed and shot dead an unidentified man driving in a Mercedes Benz SUV, which they carted away, along Ebeano Tunnel, Enugu, on Sunday, May 30, 2021, around 5pm.