Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Aba
A 36-year-old man, Mr. Samuel Kalu aka Akilu, has been shot dead by gunmen while having a haircut at a saloon located at Umuibe Street, off Item Road, Ndiegoro Aba, Abia State.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident which took place on Sunday morning, caused residents to panic as many abandoned their homes and ran for safety to unknown destinations.
The deceased, who hailed from Igbere, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State was born and bred at the Ndiegoro axis of Aba where he was murdered.
He was survived by his wife, his daughter and aged parents. He was further said to have recently returned from his base in Malaysia some months ago and had been living with his aged parents.
It was further gathered that Kalu returned to Nigeria before the COVID-19 lockdown and was planning to return to his based when he was assassinated.
A source close to the deceased said: “Kalu went to Umuibe Street to have a haircut. The stylist had already starting cutting Kalu’s hair when he suddenly received a call. Immediately the call ended, the gunmen besieged the saloon and opened fire on him. The gunmen shot him on the head at close range. While leaving, they took his phone probably to conceal the identity of the last caller.”
Some residents in the area pleased with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to do something about the security situation in the entire Ndiegoro axis of Aba, especially the Ngwa road and Ohanku areas.
A resident, who preferred anonymity, said: “This area is not safe and everybody knows about it! I don't know those who killed Akilu, but even me that don’t have anything of value, no longer fear safe. Police hardly come here and when they do, it's always them and some Marijuana selling boys that will exchange money, after which they leave. They hardly look into the security situation of this area. Our bad roads in this entire Ndiegoro axis have not helped our security situation. We've cried, we've prayed and nothing has been done. Not quite long, may be three weeks ago or a month now, a young man was also killed at Agu Road, off Ohanku Road in this same Ndiegoro axis. We beg government to do something.”
Other residents described the Abia State Police Command as a reactive police, pleading with the state government to urgently arm the Abia State Vigilante Group to help in eradicating crime and criminals in Ndiegoro axis of Aba.
Our correspondent attempted to contact the Abia State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), a Superintendent of Police (SP), Geoffrey Ogbonna, over the matter, but he didn’t his calls and also didn’t reply text messages sent to him.
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