Gunmen shoot Abia commissioner

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Abia State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Ken Nwosu, was shot on Wednesday night by yet-to-be -identified gunmen.

The incident, according to the police, occurred along Umuajata-Amakamma Road on the outskirts of Umuahia , the state capital city.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Geoffrey Ogbonna, who confirmed the incident, explained that the commissioner was driving home around 8.05pm when the incident occurred.

It was learnt that the commissioner was overtaken by the gunmen in a Toyota Camry car, who immediately opened fire on him on the lonely road.

Obgnna said, "The gunmen started shooting at him and bullets tore through his body to the intestines. They continued shooting indiscriminately before escaping."

Asked whether the assailants were assassins, kidnappers or robbers, the PPRO said, "From the look of things it was obvious they had a hidden agenda as they did not bother to remove any thing from him or collect his car. However, investigations will unravel their real motive."

The police said no arrests had been made, but pleaded with members of the public to volunteer any useful information that might help security operatives track down the attackers.

At the Abia State Specialist Hospital where doctors were battling to save the commissioner's life, Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Augustus Mbanaso told PUNCH Metro that the Nwosu was badly injured at the intestines and femur.

The CMD said the victim's condition was serious when he was rushed to the hospital, adding, "Now, he is stable after surgery was carried out on him."

"His intestines were shattered and his blood pressure was vey low when they brought him, but we managed him till a level where a surgery could be carried out."

"We had to infuse up to four pints of blood into him before taking him to the theatre. An X-ray will be carried out on his femur to determine the extent of damage on his bone."

Mbanaso said he had been personally monitoring the patient on hourly basis, assuring that he was stable.

The CMD, who said Governor Theodore Orji had already visited the victim, added that surgery had also been conducted on a woman who was affected by stray bullet of the assailants.

Asked how he was able to mobilise other doctors to attend to the victims considering the ongoing strike action by doctors nationwide, Mbanaso said the hospital was run under Public Private Partnership arrangement, hence, doctors were on hand to attend to patients.



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