Unknown gunmen kill Enugu former commissioner, brother

A former Commissioner for Rural Development in Enugu State, Hon. Gab Onuzulike has been killed by unknown gunmen.

Newsmen learnt that Onuzulike, who was also a former Chairman of Oji River Local Government Area was shot dead Friday evening.

A circulating gruesome video shows the blood-soaked bodies of the victims, with residents wailing.

The incident occurred at Nkpokolo Achi while the ex-commissioner was returning from a burial ceremony.

An elder brother of the politician, L Elvis Onuzulike, who was with him, was also shot dead.

A source, however, told Newspot that a team of security men gave the gunmen a hot chase, killed one of them and arrested another member of the gang.

The development has thrown residents of Oji River and its environs into tension.

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