TEARS As Suspected Cultists Storm “Beer Parlour”, Shoot Pregnant Woman, Others Dead in Enugu.
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be cultists stormed a drinking joint in Akwuke, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, and opened fire.
A pregnant woman, a vigilante member, and a secondary school girl were shot.
Only the girl survived and is now receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen who were three in number stormed the relaxation centre at about 8 pm and ordered everybody to lie down.
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The owner of the joint, who also lived in the same compound, had sensed danger and escaped through the back door but his pregnant wife was not so lucky as the men pursued her into her kitchen and shot her dead.
A young man, whose name was given as Nonso, one of the vigilante members, who was at the joint tried to escape but was also shot dead.
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The pregnant woman’s house help, who was also helping out in the joint was shot in the leg and is now receiving treatment at a hospital.
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According to community sources, the gunmen had earlier gone into a compound in Akwuke and demanded to see another young man but the man was not at home prompting them to come for the owner of the drinking joint, Hon. Felix Onyia, the immediate past councillor representing Akwuke ward at the Enugu South legislative Assembly.
An eyewitness described the incident as horrific and terrifying.
He said he asked the pregnant woman to prepare fish for him and he was drinking waiting for the fish, he heard, “Lie down, all of you.”
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The owner of the beer parlour, NwaGod popularly known as Hon. Oynyia was sitting on the other side with Nonso, the vigilante man that was shot.
“When they told us to lie down, I quickly moved into one of the rooms and from there, I jumped through the window and they saw me but did not shoot me.”
The eyewitness confirmed that they shot NwaGod’s pregnant wife and also shot Nonso, the security man.
” They also shot the girl that was serving on the beer parlour”
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TEARS As Suspected Cultists Storm “Beer Parlour”, Shoot Pregnant Woman, Others Dead in Enugu.
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