Abia State Gov Orji's Son's Aide Gets Killed By Policeman (Photos)

The government of Abia State announced the death of their State Governor's son's aide who died after he was hit by a stray bullet yesterday during an event.
The victim, identified as John Ndubuka, who was an aide to Chinedu Orji, the governor’s son, was hit by the bullet, suspected to have been fired by the police, as he was about leaving the venue of a reception organised to honor Governor Orji by the Ikwuano-Umuahia people yesterday. Continue.....

The Victim John Ndubuka

The police had fired two shots into the air to disperse the crowd at the entrance to the venue of the reception.
According to an eye-witness, the deceased, who was part of the crowd at the site of the old Umuahia main market where the event took place, suddenly slumped and started bleeding.

Abia State Gov and wife at the event

‘’When he slumped, nobody knew what happened to him, until we saw blood gushing out from his chest,’’ the eyewitness said on the condition of anonymity to PMNews.

 The deceased was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, where he was pronounced dead.

The Abia Police Command spokesman, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonnaya (ASP), said the suspects were arrested between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, adding that the command had commenced full investigation into the incident.

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