Gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, have killed a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sampson Owobo, and his wife in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
It was gathered that the retired police officer and his wife were shot dead by the gunmen around the Chisco Transport company office in Owerri at about 8 p.m. on Sunday, August 20, 2023.
An eyewitness, who declined to be named, disclosed that the couple, who run a Point Of Sale (PoS) business in the area, were shot dead after the robbers tried to dispossess them of a sum amount of money.
The eyewitness revealed that the robbers, who could not succeed in snatching the bag of money, shot the retired ASP and his wife.
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It was learnt that the retired policeman died on the spot, while his wife was pronounced dead at the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri, where she was rushed to for treatment.
Confirming the incident on Monday, the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, said the police were on the trail of the gunmen.
Okoye described the murder of the couple as “highly condemnable”, adding that the Imo State Commissioner of Police has ordered an investigation into the incident with the mandate to apprehend the fleeing criminals.
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