A resident of the area, Patrick Ogie, said Mr Omoera was killed shortly after he left home.
“The deceased was driving along his street in Iguomo, near the Benin Bypass on Benin-Auchi Road when he was accosted by the hoodlums who opened gunfire directly into his moving car,” Mr Ogie said.
He said the deceased tried to escape after he was hit by gunshots but could not drive too far, apparently because of the bullet wounds.
“The bullets hit him at close range. Though he tried to escape with his Toyota Camry car with registration number SMK 856 BZ after he was shot, he could not drive far as he lost control and rammed into the perimeter fence of Iguomo Primary School, where he died on the spot.
The slain guard, identified as Odion Omoera, 47, was reportedly trailed by the gunmen along the Benin-Auchi Road and shot at close range at about 7a.m., while he was on his way to work.
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FG grants Edo dry port provisional licence
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By Eguono Odjegba
THE Federal Ministry of Transportation has granted the AMES-Edo Inland Dry Port, IDP, a provisional licence as port of origin and destination, giving the operator and management full power to commence engagement with investors.
Promoter of the Edo IDP project, Atlantique Marine & Engineering Services Ltd, AMES, who disclosed this said the licence was jointly and formally issued to the state government by officials of the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council during an official visit to the Edo State Government, recently.
AMES-Edo IDP Executive Chairman, Dr. Charles Akhigbe, told