matrimony in Enugu were, yesterday, shot dead by
gunmen suspected to be cult members.
Three other persons including the manager of a
filling station were shot dead during the sporadic
shooting by the unknown assailants who had laid
siege on Abakpa and Trans-Ekulu area of Enugu.
The incident occurred Friday night at a filling station
close to Dhamija Bridge opposite Our Lord's Chosen
Church, Trans-Ekulu on the Enugu – Onitsha
Expressway.
Sources said the gunmen trailed the couple, who
were finalizing arrangements for their wedding
yesterday, to the filling station where they were said
to be buying fuel.
The gunmen were said to have, on arrival at the
station, shot sporadically at the bride and groom
who were in their car buying fuel and they reportedly
died on the spot.
The manager of the filling station, a pump attendant
and another person buying fuel at the time were also
shot dead by the gunmen who immediately thereafter
fled in their waiting vehicle.
Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident when
contacted yesterday.
"There was an incident that led to the death of some
people following sporadic shooting by suspected
hoodlums before the arrival of security operatives and
we have put measures on ground to unmask them,"
he said.
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