From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
Unknown gunmen on Sunday killed a 42-year old male hairstylist, Adam Eguwese in Sapele area of Delta State.
Eguwese was shot by his assailant right in front of his saloon along the new road by Otite road junction in Sapele at about 12:45 p.m, in what is suspected to be a case of assassination.
His killing came on the heels of the murder of another artisan, a generator mechanic identified as Kelvin Asoboro also by unknown gunmen in Ughelli area of the state.
Asoboro’s attackers were said to have shot four other person’s during an operation that lasted over 45 minutes.
In the Sapele incident, the assailants who were masked, arrived the saloon in an unregistered blueToyota corolla car, and one of them alighted and shot the victim.
“Adam was sitting outside his barbing saloon when the numberless blue corolla came. A man holding a shot gun approached him and shot him.
He (Adam) ran into the shop and the gunman went after him and shot him again at the entrance of his shop before he got into the corolla and drove away,” a source volunteered.
It was gathered that the victim was still conscious while he was being rushed to the Sapele Central hospital but was referred the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) in Oghara.
But he gave up the ghost while on the way, apparently for the quantity of blood he had lost.
“Those who rescued him came back for lack of fuel in their vehicle and the crowd who had gathered at the scene of the incident had to raise cash for him, but because he had lost so much blood in the process, he could not make it,” another source added.
Public Relation Officer of the state police command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed both killings, and added that the they being investigated.
