Ayomidele Oluwasusi
A commercial bank staff was on Monday killed by gunmen in Nigeria’s eastern state of Abia, police said.
The victim, Victor Udensi, a staff member of Zenitth Bank was murdered alongside two others in Umuahia, the capital of Abia, on Monday, said the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Danladi Isa.
Isa made this while parading some suspects at the police headquarters in Umuahia, and assured the public that the perpetrators would soon be brought to justice.
According to the police boss, Udensi had stopped at the Isi Court Axis of Olokoro in Umuahia South around 8 pm after the day’s work when he was accosted by three armed men operating in a tricycle, locally called “keke”. They attempted to force him into the boot of his car.
However, Udensi resisted, and as he tried to escape, the assailants shot him in the back, leaving him in a pool of blood.
The attackers then unsuccessfully tried to start his car and instead accosted another unsuspecting driver in a Camry.
“When they attempted to forcefully take his car key, the driver resisted. The armed men, however, shot him, killing him instantly,” CP Isa said.
While fleeing towards Ubakala, the gunmen encountered a keke they felt was obstructing their escape and fatally shot the Keke driver.
An eyewitness reported that passersby rushed Udensi to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead shortly after treatment began.
The CP further stated that the police had launched a manhunt for the assailants.