Gunmen suspected to be members of a cult group shot and killed George Sopruchi, a printer, on Saturday evening at Abakiliki Street in the Mile 1 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State.
According to reports, the assailants trailed Sopruchi to Abakiliki close around 8:30 pm and fatally shot him while he was engaged in conversation with someone.
This tragic incident occurred just 72 hours after another suspected cult-related shooting claimed the life of a man along the Nanka/Lumuber axis of Diobu.
An eyewitness stated that aside from taking Sopruchi’s life, the gunmen also made off with his motorcycle and one of his mobile phones.
The eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “It was just like what happened three days ago when some cult boys trailed a man to Nanka/Lumumba who went to buy noodles and shot him dead.
“What is happening in Diobu is becoming scary. Let the police be up and doing so that people can sleep with their two eyes closed here.”
Recall that the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed last Thursday’s killing at Nanka/Lumuber Street, had said investigation was ongoing to apprehend the fleeing culprits.
Efforts to reach the state police image maker on the latest incident proved abortive, as she did not answer calls put across to her mobile by our reporter.
She had yet to reply to a test message sent to her mobile as of the time of filing this report on Sunday afternoon.
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