Gunmen have shot dead a director in the Delta State Ministry of Works, J. O. Onochie, in Illah, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state.
gathered that the director was shot on Sunday at his uncompleted building site in IIlah by the gunmen, while his driver, who was also shot, is receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba.
“It is a sad news; a director in our ministry, Onochie, was shot dead yesterday . He went to the site of his house in his village and a group of boys started pumping his car with bullets and he was shot dead. Maybe he was trailed to the site,” the official said. “Yes, the man was shot dead, but his driver is receiving treatment at the FMC. It is more like an assassination,” she stated.
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