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From Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed an intern at¬tached to the Dental Therapy Department of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hos¬pital, Abakaliki.
The deceased, identi fied as Kelvin Onuchie, was shot dead in front of the entrance gate of his resi¬dence at Mberi Street, Abakaliki, Wednesday night.
It was gathered that he was outside the gate making calls at about 8 p.m. when gunmen shot at him before fleeing the area. A source told our correspon¬dent: “He came back from mid¬week service and was making a call outside his gate at Corpers’ lodge where he stays and was shot by unknown gunmen.”
The gunmen, according to the source, were suspected to have finished the operation/robbery somewhere in the area and were fleeing, only to see Mr. Kelvin Onuchie, making calls outside, which they apparently perceived as a threat, and consequently shot him. The deceased hailed from Ag¬bor in Delta State, according to the source.
The Ebonyi State Police Pub¬lic Relations Officer, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, in a chat with our correspondent on Thursday, said she was yet to receive such a report.
She said the police would only know about such an incident if an official report was made to them.
