Gunmen
suspected to be assassins have killed the Editor of an Onitsha-based newspaper,
Anambra News, Mr. IK Udendu.
According to family sources, his
killers who dumped his body at Afor Nkpor after killing him, must have shot the
journalist on Saturday night.
The sources said Udendu must have
been killed on his way back home to Ogidi, near Onitsha after he had gone to
Onitsha to monitor the printing of the newspaper.
Speaking to reporters on Monday,
Udendu’s elder brother, Chukwulozie, who is publisher of the newspaper, said
the body of his brother had been deposited at Iyi-Enu Hospital Mortuary, Ogidi
for autopsy.
Chukwulozie, who said he received an
anonymous phone call on Saturday night telling him to pick his brother’s corpse
at Afor Nkpor, noted that the journalist had no misunderstanding with anybody
that could warrant his murder.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Ballah Nasarawa, who expressed concern over the incident, promised to bring the
culprits to book.
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The rate of killing recorded in this January is quite alarming . If care is not taking this country will just collapse one day ..from kidnapping to assasination from that to fire explosion and lastly BH .. Ar tayer oooooooooo
ReplyDeleteMay God help us in this nation. We are living in the mist of enemy.
ReplyDeleteIn fact wε̲̣̣̣̥ don't understand Ά̲̣̥ǥά̲̣̥i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊, expecially in this world of killing α̲̅πϑ killing, Ȋ̝̊̅f̶̲̥̅̊ not accident it will Bε̲̣̣̣̥ armed robber's α̲̅πϑ Ά̲̣̥ǥά̲̣̥i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ assassins S̶̲̥̅Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡ ЂõƜ A̶̲̥̅̊rǝ wε̲̣̣̣̥ going T̶̲̥̅̊o leave in this world of sorrows. People A̶̲̥̅̊rǝ just dying li̶̲̥̅̊kε̲̣̣̣̥ chicken nowadays. May G̲̣̣̣̥od̶̲̥̅̊ contiune T̶̲̥̅̊o help this nation( Ά̲̣̥m̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥n̶̲̥̅̊).
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