The widower of the late former minister of Information and director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili, Dr Chike Akunyili, was on Tuesday murdered by suspected hoodlums.
Dr Akunyili was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening alongside seven others at Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
A bystander close to where the incident happened, said, “The killers attacked him (Akunyili) when they spotted a policeman in his car. Maybe they felt threatened when they sighted his police orderly. So, they killed him, the orderly and his driver. They took him to be a politician.
The witness said as they were shooting Akunyili and others, they were shouting, “No “election” in Anambra in November.
The state Police Command confirmed the murder of Dr Akunyili, in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu.
Tochukwu said Chike was killed at Afor Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area.
The police statement read in part, “The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, Tony Olofu, has observed with grave concern the series of security breaches that have taken place within the state, and has therefore ordered tactical commanders of the Command to immediately put an end to the madness.
“He gave this order when he led senior police officers from the command on an on-the-spot assessment of the crime scenes.”
