THE series of killings rocking Ughelli metropolises, Ughelli
North Local Government Area of Delta State, took a different dimension on
Thursday night when gunmen suspected to be assassins killed in cold blood, the
Ughelli branch chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Barr Austin
Icheghe.
The incident it was gathered happened around 9pm at the 14
Ekredjebor residence of the victim in the presence of his immediate family.
When Vanguard visited the Icheghe residence on Friday, the
pool of blood of the victim was still on the ground with sympathizers and
family members thronging the residence to mourn with the family.
Speaking to Vanguard, a niece of the deceased, Egunor Uviesa
said her uncle was shot in front of his apartment while alighting from his
vehicle at the close of work.
She said: “As soon as he came down from his vehicle, they
accosted him, and shot him on the head with the bullet damaging part of his
face. He was immediately rushed to a private clinic here in Ughelli were he was
confirmed dead.”
Meanwhile, the Executive Director, Center for the Vulnerable
and the Underprivileged, CENTREP, Barr Oghenejabor Ikimi while condemning the
incident, described it as barbaric and wondered why anyone would want to
sentence a lawyer to death.
Reacting to the incident, Ikimi said: “The killing of the
NBA chairman brings to mind the incessant killings in Ughelli which is on the
increase in recent times. We are tired of cases of unresolved murders and
assassinations nationwide.
“Years ago, two lawyers in the State were murdered by unknown
gunmen on their way to court and the police are yet to arrest the culprits till
date. We are calling on the State Commission of Police and his men to wake up
and checkmate these killings because we are tired of these killings.”
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