There was pandemonium in Awka when a former head of Awka Vigilante group was shot and killed by unknown gunmen at night on Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
The deceased, identified as Ezeoke, a.k.a. Iroko was shot at about 8 pm in his village, Umubelu, Awka South Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that he came out to help fish out hoodlums that snatched his relation’s phone when he was shot and left to die in the pool of his blood.
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It was learned that the sound of the gun blast caused an uproar in the area as people scampered for safety.
In his reaction, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Haruna Mohammed, said police officers led by the DPO Central Police Station had been sent to the place even as he added that Ezeoke’s body was taken to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku.
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