Ebonyi commissioner’s brother shot dead

By Christian Ogbonna

Mr Christopher Igwe, the younger brother to Mr Uchenna Igwe, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in Ebonyi State has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers.

Igwe was shot dead around Ishieke axis in Ebonyi Local Government Area at about 10 p.m on Monday night, the Ebonyi Police Command confirmed in a statement on Tuesday

In the statement signed by SP Joshua Ukandu, the Command’s Spokesman in Abakaliki, the state capital, police said Igwe was killed by gunmen who were shooting sporadically after operating at a shop selling cooking gas in the area.

“Yes, the incident occurred on Monday night at about 10 p.m along Ishieke area.

“The armed robbers, after operations at a cooking gas selling store, began to shoot and, unfortunately, the brother to the commissioner was shot dead,” he said.

Ukandu said that the men of the Ebonyi command had already launched an investigation into the matter for the possible arrest of the hoodlums.

He, therefore, urged residents to provide available and useful information to ensure that the perpetrators of the crime were brought to book.

(NAN)