The victim identified as Mr. Clinton Opribo-Amos was shot dead on Sunday night at a hotel in the area by a group of young men suspected to be members of a secret cult
It was gathered that Opribo-Amos, a student in the Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies in UNIPORT was murdered during the Easter celebrations.
A witness told The PUNCH that the hoodlums had invaded the hotel around 11pm.
According to the witness, the gunmen cut off power supply to the hotel by switching off the generator when they arrived at the facility.
He said, “We were just in the hotel when we noticed some boys entering. Nobody suspected anything because the groove was on. Later, the generator that was used in the hotel went off. Immediately, the boys started shooting.
“The continuous shooting caused fear as some people lay flat on the floor. When the shooting stopped, everybody ran away. It was later that the victim was discovered dead. Several other persons, who were also there, sustained various degrees of injuries while they were struggling for escape.”
The source lamented that every effort made to reach security operatives when the shooting was on proved abortive.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Mr. Ahmad Muhammad, said the command had yet to be briefed on the incident.
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