Police confirm attack on DSS, FRSC facilities in Nnewi, as gunmen shoot dead 300-level medical student of Unizik
Gunmen who reportedly stormed the office complex of the Department of State Security (DSS), as well as, that of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Nnewi, Anambra State, Sunday afternoon, also shot dead a 300-Level student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UniZik).
The student, simply identified as Chioma, was of the College of Health Sciences of the institution, which has its medical campus at Okofia Nnewi, was shot dead by the gunmen for reportedly attempting to film them.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Anambra Command, Ikenga Tochukwu while confirming the attack, however, said the Command had not received the full details.
“At about 2pm, of 3rd Oct 2021, the command received a distress call of fire incident in Nnewi. The Police operatives are currently on ground and the area has since been cordoned off.”
Unconfirmed sources claim the gunmen killed about three people in the attack at the government facilities apart from several operational vehicles of the two agencies which were burnt.
Aside the UniZik student deliberately shot, a bystander was also reportedly struck by a stray bullet after the gunmen from Owerri Road in four Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) drove from the scene.
They came to a halt at Emecourt Road Junction, where they fired some gunshots, causing onlookers to flee for their lives, before proceeding to the offices and setting it on fire.
“They then proceeded to drive through the Nkwo Triangle Roundabout and onto Nnobi Road,” the report says. A 300 level student of Unizik College of Health Sciences Okofia Nnewi known as chioma, department of medical rehabilitation was also shot in front of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital. According to the source, she attempted to record the incident via video and was shot dead. Effort to revive her was proved abortive as the Doctors were on strike.
“Another man was said to have been killed at Traffic Junction area of the town. The gunmen later drove round the town, passed through Nkwo Nnewi Triangle and moved towards Nnobi Road. It was learnt that they had left the town before the Military armoured vehicle arrived,” the source narrated.
It was indeed , a day of rage in Nnewi town, as reports also claim that the gunmen who perpetrated the attacks on the DSS and FRSC compounds, in addition to the killing of three people, may have also been responsible for setting ablaze the country home of Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage & Water Resources, and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Joe Igbokwe.
Igbokwe had taken to his verified Facebook account, Sunday afternoon, to claim that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have buirnt down his house in Uruagu Nnewi, same time.
Igbokwe has been a staunch critic of the secessionist group for some time now, even as they openly threatened him but have never made do any of those threats.
Earlier this year, Igbokwe had revealed that the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu had instructed his men to behead him anywhere he is found.
Igbokwe did last month boast of travelling back to his Uruagu Nnewi hometown to attend the burial ceremony of a member of his family without molestation.
However, on Sunday evening, Igbokwe claimed his house in Nnewi has been birnt down by IPOB members.
“IPOB invaded my house in Nnewi about now. I am sure they raised (sic) down my house giving the jerrycans of petrol I saw being offloaded from their Sienna car via CCTV. To God be the glory. I am still alive. My Study is my greatest regret,” Igbokwe wrote on his known Facebook page.
There has been heightened level of insecurity in Anambra in the recent weeks with high spate of assassinations and other violent attacks on notable personalities, which many have attributed to the forthcoming Governorship elections slated for November 6 across the state.
