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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