GUNMEN KILL UNIDENTIFIED MAN IN PORT HARCOURT GRA
A yet to be identified man has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Rivers State.
The incident happened around 3:45 pm on Thursday, December 17, at Evo road, Government Reserved Area (GRA), Phase 2, Port Harcourt, the State Capital.
The victim, whose identity could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report, was shot dead by the assailants inside a Kia Optima car with registration number KUJ-713 AR, Abuja plate number.
It was gathered that the killers trailed the victim from an undisclosed location and shot him in the head through the car’s windscreen.
The incident occurred few hours after the State police command assured Rivers residents that adequate security has been been put in place to ensure a seamless Yuletide celebration.
The Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Joseph Mukan, who confirmed the incident said the victim was trailed from a bank where he went to withdraw an undisclosed amount of money.
Mukan said: “The criminals followed the victim from a bank where he went to withdraw money. While they were chasing him he lost control of the steering and ran into a ditch.
"The criminals met him there and killed him. They did not take the money he withdrew. There were two people in the car when the incident happened. The other person sustained injuries and he is receiving treatment.
“At the moment we have recovered the corpse of the victim and his car. We have commenced investigation to get the killers. We have gone to the bank to get footage of the outside the CCTV camera may have captured.”
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