How Gunmen Killed A University Lecturer In Front Of His Children

Some gunmen have attacked and killed a lecturer working with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria. The lecturer, Prof. Anthony Eze of the Faculty of Education, was reportedly killed early Tuesday morning by the gunmen who stormed his residence in Awka with a Toyota Corolla car and shot him.

How Gun Men Killed A University Lecture In Front Of His Children

On sighting the assailants, Eze made a futile attempt to escape, but the assailants caught up with him and shot him in the chest, The Nation reports. “We were here this morning when the man was driving out of his house, and suddenly a Toyota Corolla car pulled towards the entrance of his house.

“When he tried to drive back, they followed him and shot him, emptying about four bullets into his chest. Then, as soon as they executed their plot, they fled to an unknown destination while we ran for our lives,” a resident of the area told The Nation.

How Gun Men Killed A University Lecture In Front Of His Children

The resident said the deceased was rushed to the General Hospital Amaku, where the doctor confirmed him dead. However, the UNIZIK Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Chika Ene, who confirmed the incident when filing this report, said she had not received the full details.

When our Reporters contacted the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, he said, “There is information like that before me.”

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