A royal father and three other persons, including a married couple, were killed during an attack by yet to be identified gunmen in Nkerefi, a town in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, in the early hours of Saturday.
Sources said that the traditional ruler of Isienu Amofu, a community in Nkerefi, Igwe Peter Onuoha, who was killed in the incident, was the prime target of the attack.
But a native of the community, one Daniel Ogbu, alias Choco, eqaully died in the attack, alongside a married couple, identified as Ejike Uzor and his wife, Evelyn Uzor.
Eye witnesses disclosed that the victims had several machete cuts on their bodies, as well as bullet wounds.
Some other natives of the community were also injured during the attack.
Multiple sources told our correspondent that the gunmen stormed the Igwe’s palace under the cover of darkness and continued shooting in all directions all through the operation.
It was equally gathered that most of those who sustained injuries were hit by stray bullets.
A native of the community, who refused to disclose his name, said residents of the community, particularly those living close to the Igwe’s palace, fled their homes as the noise of the sporadic gunshots rent the air.
He noted that those who sustained bullet wounds were hit by stray bullets when they fled the comfort of their homes during the attack.
The source added that the couple, who were killed in the attack, may equally be victims of stray bullets, although he admitted that it was strange that they were also inflicted with machete cuts.
However, he disclosed that, by the time the shooting stopped, the dead body of the traditional ruler was discovered in the palace.
The bodies of Choco, and the married couple, were equally discovered in different locations as the villagers took stock of what …Read More
Source:: New Mail
