- Safiu Kehinde
A senior lecturer with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Dr. Osita Chinedu has been shot dead by a gang of unknown gunmen in Awka, Anambra state.
The incident, according to a post on X, occurred around 8pm on Monday around High Tension area of the state’s capital.
As contained in the post, an eyewitness recounted how the lecturer was shot dead by the assailants who had trailed him to the area.
The eyewitness narrated that the lecturer was driving in his Toyota Corolla when the gunmen. over took him with their vehicle, blocking him in the process.
They reportedly jumped out of their car and went straight to the lecture.
Stepping out of his car to challenge the assailants for the blockade, one of the assailants allegedly pulled out a gun and fired twice, at close range, shattering the UNIZIK lecturer’s head.
“Those thieves went into his car, ran the car over him before driving away with his Toyota Corolla and their own too,” the eyewitness narrated.