Ndubuisi’s driver reportedly sustained injuries and had been taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.
There were unconfirmed reports that Ndubuisi’s daughter, who was in the car when the incident happened, was abducted by the assailants.
Ndubuisi hailed from Mgbowo in the Awgu Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Enugu State Command, Mr Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the incident, although he added that information concerning the incident was still sketchy.
The PPRO, however, noted that the incident happened at about 1600hrs.
Ndukwe said: “Information surrounding a shooting incident today, 07/07/2021 at about 1600hrs, along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, said to have led to the death of a man and his police orderly is still sketchy.
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SEDI based in Enugu is a federal government institute under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).
Ndubuisi and his police orderly were said to have been shot dead by gunmen along the centenary city junction axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.
According to NAN, the driver of the vehicle reportedly survived the attack, and was taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention.
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When contacted, Daniel Ndukwe, the state police spokesman, confirmed the incident.
The spokesman said, the attack happened at about 4pm but information concerning the incident is still sketchy.
“Information surrounding a shooting incident today, 07/07/2021, at about 1600hrs, along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, said to have led to the death of a man and his police orderly is still sketchy,” Ndukwe said.
Gideon Arinze
The state of insecurity in Enugu, the Enugu State capital has worsened as the Director-General of Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), Enugu, Prof. Samuel Ndubuisi was yesterday murdered in Enugu by unknown gunmen.
The killing of SEDI DG is coming barely 48 hours after the Chief Executive Officer of AutoEase Limited, Mr. Ifeanyi Okeke, was also killed by suspected assassins about two kilometres away from the scene of yesterday’s incident.
Okeke was shot dead by gunmen on Sunday night, while on his way to his house located at Brick Estate, by Ekweremadu Drive, Independence Layout, Enugu.
He was said to have been killed in the presence of his seven-year-old son who he had gone to pick from a barbing salon.
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