Armed robbers operating on a motorcycle Monday shot and killed a circulation representative of the Sun Newspapers, Fabian Obi, in his office in Onitsha, Anambra State at about 10.25 am.
DAILYPOST gathered that the robbers may have acted on an information as the circulation staff was just making preparation to move monies realised from the sales of the previous days newspapers.
A source in the old market road area of Onitsha where the Sun Newspapers has its office told our reporter of the incident, saying he was rushing to the hospital where the deceased was rushed to.
He said, “They ( robbers) have killed our circulation man . I’m rushing to the hospital where he was taken to. But, I can confirm to you the incident happened and that our circulation rep is dead.”
Our correspondent gathered that the robbers after shooting Obi, three times around the chest took away money in his possession.
Confirming the incident to reporters in Awka, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Nkeiruka Nwode, said the command was on the trail of the suspects, assuring that they must be apprehended and made to face the law.
While commiserating with the Sun Newspapers and the family of the deceased, she assured residents of protection of their lives and property.
The body of the deceased had been deposited at the Boromeo Hospital morgue .
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