A commissioner to the House of Assembly service commission in Imo, Tobby Onyekele, was reportedly shot dead by suspected gunmen in front of the MRS filling station, Orji, near Owerri.

Crime and Security gathered that the deceased who was driving a Hyundai Accent saloon car with number plate HASC04IM was ambushed and murdered by unknown gunmen in a red Toyota Avalon saloon car.

An eyewitness account has it that the gunmen who were armed with sophisticated weapons approached their victim who was unaware that he was being trailed and in a harsh tone asked him to step out of his car.

Worried by the order, the deceased requested their identities, but rather than give it to him, one of the three gunmen shot him on the leg, just as he also shot sporadically into the air to scar onlookers who scampered for safety. After this, Onyekele was shot to death. The gunmen then ran away from the scene of the crime.

Speaking to Crime & Security on the incident, the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Andrew Enwerem, said that the police carried the body of the deceased to the mortuary for autopsy.

Meanwhile the police, he said, have commenced investigation into the death of Onyekele to determine those who were involved into the attack.

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