Maduako Igbokwe l Wednesday, January 05, 2022
AWKA, Anambra – Gunmen numbering five on Wednesday afternoon went on rampage, killing a young man at the popular Aroma junction, Awka Anambra state capital.
Our reporter gathered that the gunmen intercepted the young man whose identity is yet to be ascertained under Aroma flyover and pursued him to the side before opening fire on him. We gathered that he was short severally on the head and chest until he gave up the ghost.
The victim, we gathered was seen in some places at Aroma few hours before the attackers located and killed him. An eye witness at Aroma who spoke on anonymity told our reporter that she was at her business site, suddenly saw young men pursuing another young man.
She said that when she saw them pursuing the man she thought they were his brothers who wanted to arrest him, maybe for running away from their family. She said that when she started hearing gunshot then she had to run into hiding so that they will not accuse her of seeing their faces because she was very close.
” I have been at this Aroma for years I have never witnessed this kind of thing,” she said. Another eyewitness Ngozi Nwora who almost fell unconscious after witnessing the horrible shooting said that she was face to face with them when they dragged the young man and started pumping bullets into him.
According to her, she ran for life because she does not want stray bullets to hit her.
“This is unbelievable ,I cannot get myself now. This is terrible ” she said. Another witness asked “why people will be watching people shooting another without help?
According to her , life in the state has become useless. “With what I saw today , there is no value for life in our system again” she said. The attackers did not wear any mask and they did not come with vehicles. They just walked leisurely” she said.
Also another witness who simply identified himself as IG said the boy has been giving his mothers sleepless nights. According to him, the killing could be linked to cult war going on in Awka over the years.
Spokesman for Anambra state police command DSP Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed the incident said it was a cult related issue. According to him, police preliminary investigation revealed that the incident was a cult related war. He however said that the police have taken charged of the area .
