CP Danladi Isa, the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, confirmed on Thursday the killings of Victor Udensi, a Zenith Bank employee from the Umuahia branch, and two others in Umuahia on Monday by armed robbers.
The CP, who announced while parading certain suspects at Umuahia police headquarters, told the public that the offenders would be brought to justice shortly.
He stated that Udensi had stopped at the Isi Court Axis of Olokoro in Umuahia South around 8 p.m. after a day of work when he was approached by three armed guys driving a Keke as they tried to shove him into the boot of his car.
However, Udensi resisted by fighting back, and as he attempted to flee, the attackers shot him in the back, leaving him in a pool of blood.
The assailants then tried unsuccessfully to start his car before approaching another innocent driver in a Camry.
“When they tried to forcefully take his car key, the driver refused”, Isa reported that the armed men shot him and killed him instantaneously.
While escaping towards Ubakala, the gunmen saw a Keke they believed was impeding their escape and fatally shot the driver as well.
According to an eyewitness, bystanders hurried Udensi to the hospital, but he died shortly after treatment began.
The CP said that the police had initiated a manhunt for the offenders.