Reports reaching our news desk say an Igbo medical doctor has been shot dead in Salka village, Magama Local Government Area of Niger State.
It was gathered that the victim was attacked in his clinic by bandits numbering about five.
According to the report, neighbours in the town said one of the killers entered the clinic and demanded to see the doctor and when he saw him, took him to an unknown destination.
One of the victim’s neighbours said that when the abductors took the Doctor away, they reported to the police and the local vigilante.
The vigilante later called them the following day that they have seen a corpse inside the bush and they were able to identify him as the doctor.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Niger State Command, DSP Abiodun Wasiu, could not be reached for reaction at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the President of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Niger state, Chief Emmanuel Ezeugo, confirmed the murder of the victim identified as Precious Emeka Chinedu.
Ezeugo however added that Igbo community is investigating the death of the doctor and appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into recent deaths.
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