PANIC SPREADS IN SOUTH-EAST OVER THE MURDER OF AKUNYILI'S HUSBAND, ATTACK OF EIGHT OTHERS.

Dr Akunyili was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening alongside seven others at Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. 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. Meanwhile, a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, expressed shock at the death of Akunyili.

 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. Reacting to the death of the widower to former NAFDAC DG, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), expressed “deep sadness” over his (Akunyili) murder.

This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled ‘President Buhari mourns Dr Chike Akunyili’. 

Meanwhile, the Indigenous People of Biafra has denied any involvement in the killing claming they should be counted out of the killing of innocent citizen in anambra state.

The department of state service also denied involvement to the killing of Dr. Akunyili. In a statement made by the public relations officer of the state service Dr. Peter Afunanya, on Wednesday said there was no basis for the service to have killed the Chike.