A 55-year-old woman was on Sunday shot dead while on her way to the church.
Mrs
Chinyere Agwu, who is the mother of seven children, and two other women
were going to the Solution Ground International Ministries located on
Okigwe Road, Amasiri, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of
Ebonyi State around 5am on Sunday, March 24, 2019, when the incident
happened.
On approaching the church door, the women were said to
have spotted a man, whom they identified as Paul, and he allegedly
opened fire on them.
The General Overseer of the Church, Pastor
Michael Uche, told newsmen that he was alerted to the incident by one of
the victims, who ran home after the gun attack.
Uche said the suspect’s target was his mother and not the late Agwu.
He added that the suspect had threatened to deal with his mother over an alleged squabble between her and the suspect’s wife.
Corroborating
the story, an assistant pastor in the church, Emmanuel Onyiagha, said
the congregation resorted to self-help after failing to secure the
assistance of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the area to rescue the
victim.
Onyiagha said Agwu was later rushed to the Mater Hospital
in Afikpo, where it was discovered that she had suffered multiple
bullet wounds bbefore she died.
The Police Public Relations
Officer in the state, Mrs Loveth Odah, said the suspect, who was
identified as Paul Okoudu, had been arrested.
According to the police spokesperson, the suspect will be charged to court if investigation links him to the crime.
Odah stated,
“The report before me says he used a locally-made pistol to shoot the woman.
“We
are calling on Ebonyi residents to come up with useful information on
anyone with criminal record, who is bent on committing criminality in
the state.”
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