From George Onyejiuwa ,Owerri
There was pandemonium on Tuesday as gunmen stormed Ogbaku Market in Mbaitoli council of Imo state ,killing a commercial motorcyclist.
This is even as the Inspector – General of Police ( IGP), Usman Baba Al- Kali was in the state to commission the 10 Armed Personnel Carriers ( APC) procured by Imo state government to tackle insecurity in the state.
A reliable Source revealed that on arriving the Ogbuaku Daily Market that the gunmen who were operating in a SUV, identified their quarry, and ordered him to enter their vehicle but he refused.
The source who does not want his name mentioned said, ” the man they killed is a commercial motorcyclist .They came in a sienna vehicle from the Oguta 1 Road end, on reaching the market, they identified their target a commercial motorcyclist called Chima and ordered him to enter their vehicle.
” But the man refused. They told him three times but he insisted. They got infuriated and shot him three times and he died on the spot before they drove off. They also shot in the air while zooming off.
Mr Justice Nwafor ,Ogbaku Youth Association, who confirmed the killing to said that the remains of the victims had been evacuated from the scene.
He also told our Reporter that the youth body had reported the incident to the Ogbaku Divisional police headquarters and that the deceased’s motorcycle had been taken to the police station.