Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Aba
Both killings took place in the same Ogbor-Hill axis
of the commercial city, which has suddenly become prone to all kinds of violent
crimes.
The incident, involving late Margret occurred on
Road 8, Federal Housing Estate in Ogbor Hill, where some hoodlums attacked and
killed her.
The deceased, it was gathered, had just gained
admission to study a science course at the Michael Okpara University of
Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU). She, however, had to defer the admission due to
financial problem.
Margret, it was gathered, decided to take up
appointment as a teacher in a private school in order to make ends meets.
It was further gathered that on Friday morning,
Margret, from Ohafia Local Government Area of the state, left home for her
school to participate in the end of term activities heralding the Easter break.
After the end of the activities, Margret left school
around 11.00am and decided to trek down to her parent’s home few metres away
from the Federal Housing Estate, Ogbor-Hill.
It was learnt that on getting to Road 8 of the
Estate, she went to the house of a relation to collect her phone, which she had
earlier taken to there to charge before heading to the school.
A source disclosed that immediately Margret came out
of the building on Road 8, clutching her phone in her hand, two young men on
tricycle, who were riding from the Emelogu end of the Estate, accosted her.
The source said: “Initially, people thought the
occupants of the tricycle were engaged in fruitful discussion with the deceased
until when one of the men pulled out his gun and shot the girl on the head. Immediately
the first shot went out, the girl fell flat on the ground. The gunmen came
down, collected her purse, phone and left unchallenged. The sound of the gun
sent fears down the spine of people doing business in the area and many
scampered for safety."
Emmanuel Nwanma, a patent medicine dealer in the
area, who said his attention was drawn to the incident by a young boy, added
that when he went to the scene about 40 minutes later, he discovered that the
hoodlums had fled. He also noticed that the girl was still breathing.
Nwanma said he put the girl in his car and took her
to Azuka Police Station to register the incident first before she was rushed to
a nearby hospital. He explained that it was while doctors were battling to
remove the bullet, which was lodged in her brain that she died.
A relation of the deceased, who spoke on condition
of anonymity, accused the Azuka police of demanding N150, 000 for her autopsy.
He said: “If the parents had such money, Margret
would have been at Michael Okpara University, Umudike where she gained
admission. She wouldn’t be dead right now.
The Abia State Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Mr. Geoffrey Ogbonna, said he has not been briefed on the matter and
therefore not aware of it.
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