About 14 persons have sustained gunshot wounds following sporadic shooting by a bodyguard working for a businessman, Chief Vincent Udeobi on Wednesday during ‘Ede Opoto’ festival at Ifitedunu community in Dunukofia council area of Anambra State.
According
to eyewitnesses, the guard whose name was simply given as Mungo Park, released
some shots in the air, to scare away the crowd following his master who was
said to be spraying money.
The
gunshots, it was gathered, hit a gate and boomeranged, injuring about 14
persons in the process.
“He
was spreading money but his security personnel were making efforts to stop the
crowd following him. At a point, one of his armed thugs shot in the air. It hit
the gate and boomeranged. It injured about 14 persons”, an eyewitness who
pleaded anonymity said.
“They
were rushed to Edozie Hospital and Maternity, Ifitedunu and Ndeli Hospital,
Awkuzu for treatment. But the unfortunate thing is that the shooter has no
licence to carry guns. They were using pump action rife” the witness added.
When
journalists visited the hospitals in Ndeli Hospital, some of the victims were
writhing in pains.
A
14-year-old boy, Pascal, who had a bullet in his heart, was waiting for
operation.
The
victims were also scared to speak to Daily Post reporter.
It
was later gathered that they were warned not to speak to the press.
All
efforts to reach the businessman proved abortive as he neither picked his phone
calls nor replied text message.
Contacted
on telephone, Anambra police spokesperson, Mrs. Nkeiruka Nwude, said she would
get back to reporters but has not done so as at the time of filing this report.
-Daily Post
-Daily Post
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