Two persons were shot dead on Friday evening, August 11, by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers along the Ugwogo-Neke Road in Enugu State.
The armed men abducted several other travellers in the attack, which occurred at a border between Enugu East and Isi-Uzo LGA of the State.
According to an eyewitness, the suspected kidnappers swooped on passersby along the road, shot sporadically at oncoming vehicles and killed two persons in a vehicle in the process.
They thereafter after another vehicle and kidnapped some persons they commandeered into the bus.
“Chief Cyril Mbah from Neke Odenigbo-Nike was g¥nned down by suspected kidnappers along Ugwogo/Isi-uzo road, near Neke Odenigbo junction.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t survive the gunshots but nothing happened to his daughter.
The kidnappers went further, fired and flattened the tires of another vehicle approaching the scene and successfully whisked away the driver and other people on board.
