The brother of the prospective groom was also killed.
The victims, Martins Ifechukwu and Gloria Mba were killed on Tuesday in Arondizuogu, a community in the Ideato North Local Government Area of the state.
A resident, who asked not to be named, told the Punch that they had complained to the police in the state about the rising cases of killing and kidnapping in the area, but only received promises from them to address the security situation. “The few that came could not move around in their cars. As we speak, there was a mass exodus of people from Arondizuogu this morning after the incident of last night,” the resident stated.
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