On Friday, gunmen killed Prince Iheme, who was the older brother of Nollywood actress Osita Iheme and also went by the stage name PawPaw in Nigeria’s entertainment industry.
Mbaitoli was attacked in Owerri, the capital of Imo state. The suspects are said to have also injured the state’s Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Martin Eke.
The shooters were in Tundra trucks and shot at random, making many people run away for safety. The highways were desolate, and motorists abandoned their automobiles and fled.
Orji, an adjacent community in Owerri, was also besieged by gunmen clothed in black and unleashed an assault on residents, passersby, and security agents.
According to an eyewitness who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
“this attack is politically motivated. We just finished at one campaign rally ground and were heading to Ubommiri. Our convoy was attacked at Amawuihe before Ubommiri.”
“Prince Iheme (Osita Iheme’s brother) was riding in the same vehicle with the Commissioner for Solid Minerals. Prince Iheme who is Pawpaw’s elder brother was killed on the spot.
“The Commissioner, who was sworn in two weeks ago, was cut badly. He has just been rushed to a hospital. They were driving in a Ford SUV. I pray he makes it.”
He added that; “they just killed a policeman now.“
Another eyewitness said;
“I just escaped death now. They stopped before us and shot in the air and asked us to go home. They didn’t shoot at us maybe because I was in the midst of some elderly women.”
While the fleeing gunmen fired repeatedly at Nkwo Orji market before retreating to Okigwe Road, they targeted the vehicle of Akarachi Amadi, the All Progressives Congress candidate for Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency in Imo State.
The gunmen who also macheted the state commissioner for Solid Minerals, Martin Eke, killed Prince Iheme instantaneously.
[ads2]
