A commercial motorcyclist has lost his life on Tuesday as gunmen stormed Ogbaku market in Mbaitoli council of Imo state.
The Sun reports that the gunmen arrived the Ogbuaku daily market on a sienna bus to look for their target who was riding on a motorcycle. As soon as they sighted their target, he was ordered to enter their vehicle but he refused.
”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 making their way out of the market,” the paper said while quoting a source who does not want his name mentioned.
Mr Justice Ogbaku, the youth association leader of the community who confirmed the killing to reporters, said that the remains of the victims has been evacuated from the scene.
He also said that the youth body has reported the incident to the Ogbaku Divisional police headquarters and that the deceased’s motorcycle was taken to the station.
Meanwhile, the unfortunate incident happened on the same day the Inspector-General of Police ( IGP), Usman Alkali Baba was in the state to commission the 10 Armed Personnel Carriers (APC) procured by Imo state government to tackle insecurity in the troubled state.
