Suspected kidnappers have killed a commissioner in Ebonyi State House of Assembly Commission, Barrister Leonard Chibuzor Alegu, at Umunya community in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to Vanguard, the source said the incident occurred between 9 and 10 p.m. on Saturday.
The source hinted that the deceased lawyer was travelling from Abakaliki to Onitsha to attend a child dedication in Onitsha when the incident occurred.
The deceased was said to had allegedly stopped at Umunya, along the Enugu/Onitsha Expressway to ease himself when the suspected kidnappers accosted him and in the process of struggling to escape from being kidnapped, the suspects allegedly shot him in the stomach and made away with his vehicle, phone and phones of other occupants of his vehicle who were accompanying him to Onitsha.
The Chairman of Abakaliki Lawyers Association, Barrister Victor Alo told newsmen on the phone that the deceased was rushed to Immaculate Heart Hospital, Umudioka where he was confirmed dead.
Alo who is a legal practitioner based at Nkpor, near Onitsha, also told newsmen that the body of the deceased has been deposited at a nearby mortuary at Awkuzu, adding that they have reported the case at Oyi Divisional Police Headquarters, at Nteje.
The state police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said he could not confirm the incident as of press time because such information was yet to reach the command,