lawyer shoots dead orphan in Ebonyi

• The Izzi Unuphu Power of Attorney group is saddled with the responsibility of managing land transactions in the area

One Sunday Ununu, a lawyer, has reportedly killed an orphan, Nnamdi Nwite Ugo, in Ebonyi State.

Ununu was said to have murdered Ugo over the weekend while celebrating Izzi Unuphu Power of Attorney community election in Abakaliki Local Government Area.

The Izzi Unuphu Power of Attorney group is saddled with the responsibility of managing land transactions in the area.

The group has been recovering lands it considers illegally acquired or sold by members of the community to non-indigenes of the area.

It’s gathered that an election was held to vote for new leaders to oversee the affairs of the group. Ununu, the counsel to the group had shot sporadically to celebrate the election of one of his loyalists.

“Unfortunately, a bullet hit Ugo on the nose and it pierced through his mouth and he died.

“The deceased lost his parents and he had no close relatives. Nobody is talking about the matter but the family of the lawyer and the deceased’s distant relatives are negotiating with a view to cover the incident.

“I even heard that a particular amount has been promised to the deceased’s distant relatives for his burial and to cover the matter,” a resident of the area who did not want his name in print had told Daily Sun.

The video of the celebration and the shooting by Ununu has been trending on social media, with the lawyer visibly seen on a yellow T-shirt shooting into the air.

The Public Relations Officer of the Ebonyi State Police Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident.

He said Ununu has since been arrested by the police.

He said: “I don’t know the details of that matter but I am aware of what you are saying. He is even in our custody. It’s just that the circumstance is what I don’t know.”