Maduako Igbokwe l Wednesday, September 29, 2021
ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – Dr Chike Akunyili, the Husband to the former Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Minister of information ,late Prof Dora Akunyili has been killed by gunmen at Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Also Seven others were killed in the incident. It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday evening.
It was gathered that Dr Akunyili was returning from a trip in Onitsha where he went to collect a posthumous award of excellence for the late NAFDAC boss, Prof Dora Akunyili, when he ran into the hoodlums at Nkpor and was shot to death .
According to eye witness, the hoodlums, were chanting “No “election” in Anambra in November. The state Police command Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said he can not confirm the incident.
He said he was yet to get details of the incident.