A commissioner in the Ebonyi state House of Assembly commission, Leonard Chibuzor Alegu, has been shot dead in Anambra state by unknown gunmen.
It was gathered that the incident occurred in the late hours of Saturday, December 17, along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway, in Umunya community, Oyi local government area of Anambra state
A source hinted that the deceased was traveling from Abakaliki to Onitsha to attend a child dedication when the unfortunate incident happened.
It was further gathered that the deceased stopped to ease himself when his killers accosted him, and in the process of struggling to escape from them, he was shot in the stomach; while the killers made away with his vehicle and phone.
It could not be ascertained if the lawyer traveled with another person in his car at the time of the attack.
Anambra’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that a lawyer was attacked at Odumodu Junction but not able to establish if the deceased is a commissioner in Ebonyi state House of Assembly commission.
Meanwhile, the chairman of Abakaliki Lawyers Association, Victor Alo, told journalists on phone that the deceased was rushed to Immaculate Heart Hospital, Umudioka, where he was confirmed dead.
Alo, a legal practitioner based in Onitsha, also said the deceased’s body had been deposited in the mortuary at Awkuzu, adding that they have reported the case at Oyi Divisional Police Headquarters at Nteje.
When contacted, the Ebonyi State Commissioner was not able to confirm the identify of the deceased as a commission in the state House of Assembly commission,
He was not able to pick up calls or reply the text message sent for confirmation.
The South Western part of Nigeria has been under siege from so called unknown gunmen whose identity has been a case of heated debate with the Police and the Department of State Services who has always attributed their activities to the armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, the Eastern Security Network.
