The Managing Director of Auto Ease, a vehicle body repair outlet based in Enugu, Ifeanyi Okeke, was, on Sunday night, assassinated.
The businessman was shot and killed along his street where he reportedly went to have a hair cut in the company of his seven-year-old child.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu Police Command, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that Okeke was shot severally by his assailants and died later in a hospital.
He said that the Police got information about 8:30 pm, that hoodlums were operating at Bricks Estate, Independence Layout, Enugu.
“Police operatives attached to the Layout’s Police Division, immediately raced to the scene. On sighting the operatives, the criminal elements fled, while their male victim, later identified as Ifeanyi Okeke, whom they shot severally, was rushed to the nearest hospital, where he was confirmed dead by doctors on duty.”
Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, has ordered the State CID to launch a full-scale investigation and manhunt of the criminal elements to bring them to book.
He also called on members of the public with useful information that will lead to the arrest of the criminals, to volunteer same at the nearest Police Station or by calling the Command’s emergency hotlines on: 08032003702, 08075390883, 08086671202 or 08098880172.
They can also send e-mails to [email protected]
