UK-bound Nigerian killed while withdrawing money in Imo.

A United Kingdom-bound Nigerian, Wisdom Chukumerem, has been shot dead.

The 30-year-old Nigerian, who hailed from Awo Ommamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, was shot three times in his chest by armed robbers at the World Bank junction roundabout in Owerri, the state capital.

The father of two was said to be withdrawing money from a Point Of Sale operator when his killers struck.

His immediate elder brother, Shedrack, who spoke exclusively to us in Owerri on Monday after the police operatives released the mortuary tally to him and gave him a clean bill of health to bury him, said that his family was traumatised by the killing of his young brother.

The distraught 32-year-old said that the armed robbers who robbed the POS operator killed his brother after accusing him of calling policemen to storm the scene.

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He said that his brother’s appeals to the armed robbers that he was not calling policemen fell on deaf ears as they shot him dead on the spot.

The businessman said his brother was pronounced dead at the Umuguma Specialists General Hospital, where policemen took him.

He said, “My name is Shedrack Anulika Chukwumerem. My younger brother’s name is Wisdom Somtochukwu Chukwumerem. He returned from abroad about three years ago. He had a house at world bank Area N, And I was living with him in his house when I was driving a commercial service bus called Bus Imo.

“But I relocated back to the village to start up a business. We are from Umuduru Isieke in Awo-mamma in the Oru East local government area of Imo State. At about 8pm on August 10 2023, I received a distress call from his wife that my brother was shot by armed robbers.

“So I drove straight to Owerri that same night, and I was directed by the Policemen there to come to the Imo State specialist hospital. W. When I got there, I saw my brother’s lifeless body, and policemen were there.

“He was married with two kids, all girls. He would have been 30 years on November 27. He should have been travelling back to the UK by the first week of September before being shot dead. So, the policemen told me that there was an armed robbery attack at the Umuguma roundabout at a POS stand, and my brother was there to withdraw money. Eventually, he was shot because they noticed he was on call, and the robbers thought that he was trying to call the police against them.

“And he was shot in the left side of his chest. So I deposited his body at the morgue that same night. The policemen took the tally and told me to report the next day. He was my immediate younger brother. I’m 32 years old. He would have been 30 on November 27.

“Now I have been compelled by the police at Umuguma Division to open a case file, and I told them that I don’t want any case and I’m not interested in any case. They told me to open it even if I didn’t want any point, which I did.

“I went with them to the scene of the incident. It happened between 8 and 8:30 pm precisely. I have gone to the location of the incident with the policemen and gone to the mortuary. They took pictures which I paid for. They told me to go to court and swear an affidavit which I did.

“The policemen at Umuguma Division transferred the matter to the homicide section of the State CID in Owerri, which I did with the money, all in a quest to release my brother’s corpse for burial.

“And I was pushed to contact a lawyer. With the lawyer’s help, I have written an application to the CP to withdraw the case. The policemen are with the application which I submitted last week.”

Displaying the mortuary tally to our correspondent on Monday, Shedrack said that the policemen at the homicide section of the state police command had released it to him.

He said, “After meeting with the IPO in the company of my lawyer this afternoon, the mortuary tally of my brother has been released to me. Look at it. I can now bury him. But I will first take his corpse to a closer mortuary in my town to enable me to plan for his funeral rites easier.

“He was our breadwinner. My widowed mother is depressed. Our father died 20 years ago. His first daughter is three years old, while his second daughter is just a year and three months old. It is a terrible development for us. We are very saddened.”

 When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that the withdrawal of the case and the family’s request for the police to allow them to bury their son do not affect the investigation process.

He said that the police would continue with their investigation, and once the suspects were arrested, they would be arraigned for murder.

“The withdrawal of the matter by the family doesn’t affect the police investigation. We will continue with the investigation. Once the fleeing suspects are caught, they would be arraigned for murder,” Okoye explained.

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