The Imo State University, Owerri, is currently mourning the passing of two students, Joy Ihezie and Faith Okeke, from the Faculty of Health Services, who were killed by unknown gunmen during a robbery operation.
According to Punch News,
the pair were on their way to Jos for a National Fellowship of
Christian Medical Laboratory Science Students when the incident
occurred.
They had just approached the Kaduna-Jos part of the journey, when the armed men opened fire on vehicle for failing to stop so that they could search their vehicles.
Though
it only lasted for a few moments, the impact of the shooting left other
casualties in the vehicle, who sustained gunshot wounds and are being
treated .
Mr. Ralph Njokuobi, the
spokesperson for the university gave a confirmation of incident stating
that their corpses is expected to arrive the state as soon as
possible.
“Two of the students were shot dead on the spot, while many were seriously injured.
“The corpses of the deceased students would arrive in Owerri”, he said.
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