A senior lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Dr Osita Chinedu, has been brutally murdered by a gang of gunmen.
Dr Chinedu, who hailed from Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, was reportedly shot dead near the High Tension area in Awka by hoodlums who trailed him to the location at about 8 pm on Monday, 16 December 2024.
An eyewitness stated that the lecturer was driving his Toyota Corolla when the hoodlums, who were also driving another Toyota Corolla, blocked his vehicle, jumped out of their car, and approached him.
The source said that as soon as the lecturer stepped out of his car to query the reason for the obstruction, one of the assailants pulled out a gun and fired twice, fatally wounding him in the head.
“Those thieves entered his car, ran him over, and drove away with both his Toyota Corolla and their own vehicle,” the eyewitness narrated.
According to Leadership, while the assailants were attempting to put the lecturer’s remains into the boot of their vehicle, a team of policemen from the Central Police Station (CPS), Awka, arrived at the scene.
The police requested custody of the lecturer’s remains, but his family and associates appealed to the police to allow them to take care of the body of the slain lecturer.
The spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, issued a statement appealing to the university management, eyewitnesses, and the public to provide any information that could assist in apprehending the killers.
“The murderers fled with his car, a Toyota Corolla 2006 model, ash in colour, with an Enugu plate number, UWN 158 AS.
To this end, the Command, while commiserating with his family and friends, especially the management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, calls on anyone with useful information that could aid the investigation to please come forward,” the statement read.
