By: Felix Ikpotor
Unidentified gunmen in the past two days have assassinated no fewer than three persons in the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The latest being a yet-to-be-identified man killed around 3:30 pm at Evo Road, Government Reserved Area (GRA), Phase 2, Port Harcourt.
The victim, who is yet-to-be-identified, was driving in a Kia Optima car, with registration number KUJ-713 AR, Abuja plate number, before he was accosted and shot dead by the assailants.
It was gathered that the killers had trailed their victim to the spot before double-crossing and shooting their target through the car’s windscreen.
The other two yet to be identified victims were killed in Woji and Odili Road axis of the state.
Some persons in the state have attributed the new wave of killing to the schedule local council elections slated for April, 2021.
However, a Port Harcourt-based activist, Fyneface Dumnamene, has condemned the act, noting that the development was not good for the society at the time.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Joseph Mukan, who confirmed the development, 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”, Mukan added.
