Gunmen yesterday stormed the Sun Office at Onitsha, Anambra state, robbed and shot dead the Sales Representative, Mr. Fabian Obi.
The armed robbers numbering 3 operated with a motorcycle when they went straight to the office and demanded for money from the sales which was handed over to them before they turned back and shot Mr. Obi three times on the left shoulder.
Loading ...Eyewitness said that the gunmen came wearing black all through with face cap came at about 9.am and surrendered Mr. Obi’s office assistant and one vendor who came to make deposits of sales in the office.
According to him, “we were in the office with the deceased when the two tall young gunmen came upstairs while the other one was waiting and standing by with motorcycle at the front of the office. So immediately they came in they went straight to the sale representative and shouted where is the money? Which they saw some money on the table because he was collecting money from the vendors who were retuning money and unsold papers”.
“The man (Obi) handed over the money to them and stood up and was following them out of the office, may be to ran away or to close door when the gunmen turned back and shouted on him to ‘go back and sit down the next thing we hear is gun shot on late Obi three times at his left shoulder and back and he felled by the door”.
“So immediately one of the gunmen shot him they quickly went down to the waiting motorcycle and zoomed off. I had to ran out shouting help, help before some people came and we carried him to the vehicle, he was breathing a bit, we took him first to New Hope hospital at Modebe street Onitsha where he was immediately referred to St. Charles Boromeo hospital but before we got to the hospital he up the ghost”.
“We took him to the emergency ward where he was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty who told us to take his body to the morgue where his body was deposited”.
However, the Area Commander in charge of Onitsha Mr. Abubukar Yahaya an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Central Police Station Onitsha Mr. Ikechukwu Egbochukwu a Superintendent of Police were at the scene of the incident and also visited the hospital before he was deposited at the morgue.
