Unknown gunmen on Tuesday night shot dead a former lawmaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr Anthony Igboka.
Igboka, who was until his death the President-General of Nimo Town Union, it was gathered, was shot at Oye Nimo village market square in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State while returning from a meeting.
The Anambra Police command had confirmed the incident, saying that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mustapha Dandaura, had ordered a full-scale investigation on the matter.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to PUNCH in Awka, said the deceased was shot in his car near Nimo market.
He said, “At about 8:18 pm on April 16, there were sporadic gunshots around Nimo Market in Njikoka Local Government Area.
Police patrol team attached to Nimo Division rushed to the scene and discovered one Chief Frank Anthony Igboka on the driver’s seat of his Chevrolet SUV vehicle lying unconscious in the pool of his blood.
“His body was riddled with bullets. The victim was rushed to Beke Hospital, Nimo, where he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor and the corpse was later deposited at the hospital morgue”.