Gunmen kill one, abduct many in Enugu community

Along the Ugwogo-Neke Odenigbo Road in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, several gunmen who are thought to be kidnappers have killed one person and kidnapped numerous travellers.Cyril Mbah, the victim, and his daughter were reportedly travelling home in their car when they came across the kidnappers, who then opened fire on them.On Friday, at 7:30 p.m., the incident took place, according to PREMIUM TIMES.Following that, the thugs waved down another car and kidnapped an unknown number of passengers.“Chief Cyril Mbah from Neke Odenigbo-Nike was gunned down by suspected kidnappers along the Ugwogo/Isi-Uzo road, near Neke Odenigbo junction,” a witness, Kingsley Odoh, told reporters in Enugu on Saturday.“Unfortunately, he (Mbah) couldn’t survive the gunshots but nothing happened to his daughter.“The kidnappers went further, fired and flattened the tyres of another vehicle approaching the scene and successfully whisked away the driver and other people on board. Till now, no one is certain where they are,” Mr Odoh added.Contrary to rumours that two people were slain in the attack, a youth leader in Ugwogo-Nike who preferred to remain anonymous told PREMIUM TIMES that only Mr. Mbah was killed by the kidnappers.The victim, according to the youth leader, passed away at the Ugwogo-Nike Roundabout as he was being transported to a hospital by Okenna Okoh, a vigilante operative who had gone to save them.“He (Mbah) was kept on a motorcycle and he was shouting, ‘I am dying’ (because he was uncomfortable) before Okenna used the vehicle which the kidnappers had flattened its tyres to carry the man and his daughter to the hospital,” he said.“The manhunt operation is underway to apprehend the armed assailants,” Mr Ndukwe, a deputy superintendent of police, said.However, he said that the state's police were unaware of the kidnapping of passengers during the attack.Source