Tension as gunmen kill 3, kidnap businessmen in Onitsha
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Written by Suzy Oruya, Onitsha Sunday, 08 July 2012
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BARELY a week after the kidnap of an APGA chieftain, a few poles away from the Fegge Police Station, robbers are still terrorising the city of Onitsha, Nkpor and its environs.
According to an eyewitness account, residents were thrown into panic following sporadic shootings on Friday night.
The source hinted that a businessman who was returning from the Onitsha main market was intercepted by gunmen who tried to force him into their car.
His refusal to comply with their directive angered the assailants who started shooting sporadically, killing a friend of the victim who stopped by to know what was going on.
The victim whose identity could not be ascertained as of the time of filling this report, was later whisked away by the gunmen who escaped without challenge.
In another development, another businessman who was also returning from the market, in company with a female friend, was accosted by the gunmen along Modebe Avenue, Onitsha.
According to the source, the man who sensed that he was being followed, jumped from the car and ran away, but his girlfriend was not lucky as she was shot on the leg while trying to escape.
In Nkpor, a surbub of Onitsha, the gunmen held sway for several hours after they kidnapped one Tochukwu Ibekwe, a businessman, in the full glare of passersby, killing three people on the spot.
Yet, in another development, a fortnight ago, a lecturer at Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze, was abducted by gunmen at Oko.
Confirming the incident, a police source that preferred anonymity said that there had been reports of shooting in Onitsha, but quickly added that the police was on top of the situation.
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