…the Nollywood star, Osita Iheme’s brother was shot while allegedly on transit to an APC campaign rally
Unknown Gunmen said to be enforcing the December 9 sit-at-home order have killed four persons at two locations on Owerri-Okigwe Road in Imo State.
The gunmen also kidnapped two expatriates supervising the ongoing construction of the phase II of the Owerri-Okigwe road.
The Daily Vendor gathered that the incidents occurred on Friday evening.
The killings occurred at Umunachi in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state and at Umuna in the Onuimo LGA, respectively.
The expatriates were kidnapped at Umunachi after two persons suspected to be their security aides were suspectedly brought down.
The expatriates who are staff of German construction giants, Cremburg, were taken away immediately the gunmen struck.
Locals told our correspondent that the fleeing suspects operated in three vehicles.
At Umuna junction, the gunmen opened fire and killed two persons.
A video footage sighted by our correspondent showed two young men lying in the pool of their blood at Umuna.
An eyewitness said, ”They just killed these two men now at Umuna. This act was carried out by gunmen enforcing sit-at-home. This just happened now now. We are now afraid.”
Gunmen had also in the afternoon of Friday killed prince Chidi Iheme, elder brother to Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw.
Iheme was killed at Ubomiri in the Mbaitoli LGA of the state while allegedly on transit to a campaign rally being organised by the All Progressives Congress candidate for Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Akarachi Amadi.
The state Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Martin Eke, whom he was riding in the same vehicle with, was badly injured with machete.
