
The Nation learnt that the incident happened in front of the
residential quarters of late Morah, an indigene of Abatete, Idemili
Local Government Area of Anambra State at about 7pm on Wednesday.
Sources
around the area told our reporter that the woman was coming home from
her husband’s gas plant along Aba-Umuahia-Enugu Expressway when some men
wielding guns ordered her out of her car.
It was learnt that the
gunmen who were already waiting for late Mrs. Morah ordered her to enter
her car in an attempt to drive off with her, but she resisted them.
A security source who pleaded anonymity told our reporter that the
gunmen angered by late Morah’s resistance to be taken away, shot her and
later drove away with the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) she was driving.
The source said that efforts were on to track down the gunmen as they have launched a manhunt on the hoodlums.
The
family of the victim, until the time of this report is yet to be
contacted for comments. But a source close to the family disclosed that
the woman died few minutes after she was shot as a result of the blood
she lost.
The source stated that the woman was planning to travel
to the village this weekend and had just gone to the market some days
before the unfortunate incident to shop few things that she would would
be travelling home with.
However, residents of Aba and its
environs have called on the State Commissioner of Police, the 14Brigade
Commander and heads of various security agencies in the state to brace
up to insecurity that is raising its ugly heads in the state in recent
times.
They lamented the increase in kidnapping of persons and
rate of armed robbery incidents within the city center and its environs
especially within the festive period, stressing that the situation could
deteriorate if not checked and nipped in the bud by the security
agencies.
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