A gang of suspected armed robbers yesterday shot dead a middle aged
lady (names withheld) for allegedly refusing to have sex with them.
The incident which took place at Igbukwu Street, Abakaliki, the
Ebonyi State capital, has raised lots of insinuations as to whether the
girl was shot for refusing to be raped or that she was raped and
thereafter shot by her captor as a way of concealing their heinous
crime.
However, an eyewitness account has it that the suspected robbers,
whose number could not be ascertained, allegedly killed the girl and
abandoned her body in her residence, after attempts to have carnal
knowledge of the victim failed.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi
State command, ASP John Eluu, stated that investigation had commenced
into the matter but that no arrest had been made.
According to him, the police have deposited the body of the girl in a
mortuary while an autopsy would be carried out by doctors to ascertain
the circumstances behind the brutal murder of the deceased.
Eluu appealed to members of the public to provide useful information that would help the police in arresting the culprits.
When Vanguard visited the scene of the incident, residents of the
street and other adjourning streets had deserted the area for fear of
being arrested by the police.
Meanwhile, three shops belonging to the Police Officers Wives
Association, POWA, located along Udensi Street were yesterday gutted
fire.
Police sources said the fire was caused by electrical sparks as shop
owners left their electrical gadgets on after the day’s business.
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