Not less than three people were killed on Thursday evening in Umuahia, Abia State, by heavily armed men riding motorcycles.
The assailants, numbering around three, shot their victims in separate incidents around the city.
One of the victims, identified as Mr. Victor Udensi, a banker with Zenith Bank, was attacked near his home in the Ishi Court area of Umuahia.
According to reports, the gunmen accosted him around 8 p.m. after he finished work, attempting to force him into his car.
Udensi managed to escape, but the assailants fired at him as he ran, fatally injuring him.
While they unsuccessfully tried to start his car and move away, another unsuspecting road user with a Camry car was accosted.
As they attempted to forcefully collect his car key, he resisted the armed men leading them to shoot and kill him instantly.
The gunmen, in a bid to escape from the Ubakala axis, also shot and killed a Keke driver said to have blocked the road.
Passersby rushed the banker to the hospital but he could not make it, as he was pronounced dead shortly after treatment started.
While parading some suspects on Thursday at the police headquarters in Umuahia, the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Danladi Isa confirmed the incident to newsmen, assuring that the perpetrators will soon be brought to book.
