Unknown gunmen have shot and killed Mr. Chikodili Ngwu from Ameke village in the crisis-torn Oruku community, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.
This is happening three weeks after gunmen murdered Chief Linus Nwatu, the President-General of Oruku Town Union.
Ngwu, a middle-aged man is said to be the ninth on the list of indigenes of the community so far murdered by gunmen believed to be working for some powerful personalities involved in the protracted communal conflict in the area.
The victim was reportedly gunned down at about 8am on Sunday by yet to be identified assailants within the Oruku market square.
Facts about the incident were still hazy as at press time but it was learnt that the gunmen fled the scene after the gunshot, throwing the residents into panic.
However, sources said the incessant killings in Oruku has forced many residents to relocate their families to neighboring communities and towns such as Idodo, Akpoga, Onuogba and Emene.
President-General of the town, Chief Nwatu, a retired police officer, was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday, August 20, 2022 by the rampaging gunmen at his residence in Oruku.
Before then, seven other natives of the community including the traditional ruler, Igwe Emmanuel Mba were gruesomely murdered at different times from year 2020 to 2022.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe, said he was yet to be briefed about the development, promising to get back after contacting relevant officers in-charge of the area.
Similarly , There is rising tension in the troubled Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu following another attack by unknown gunmen who shot and killed a woman at Enugu Ezike.
The victim was identified as Ogochukwu Onuh, in Umuopu community Enugu Ezike.The woman, said to be the wife of one Akada, a former neighborhood watch leader in the community was shot dead on Friday night, September 9, 2022.
According to reports, the gunmen attacked Akada’s home but he managed to escape, so they shot his wife.
She was rushed to the hospital but didn’t survive.
Meanwhile, Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a prominent traditional ruler in Imo State, Eze Jewel Ndenkwo.
The monarch was kidnapped in front of one of his companies in Owerri, the state capital.
The victim who is the traditional ruler of Isiala Umudi community in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state was abducted on Friday at the high breed area of Owerri.
A close source disclosed that the traditional ruler was kidnapped in front of his office at Tetlow in Owerri.
He said that the abductors of the king had yet to establish contact with his family.
He said “The traditional ruler was kidnapped about 7pm Friday in front of his office at the ever busy Tetlow Road in Owerri.”
The police spokesperson, Michael Abattam, had yet to respond to an inquiry concerning the incident.
