The deceased popularly known as 'aka aki ilu- bitter kola' was shot dead at a barbing saloon at Umuibe Street, off Item Road, Ndiegoro Aba, on Sunday evening September 27.
Family, friends and residents of Ndiegoro area of Aba, Abia State, are mourning Samuel Kalu, a Nigerian based in Malaysia, who was brutally killed by unknown gunmen.
Taking to
Facebook, a friend of the deceased, Maduka Lawrence, described the moment he
saw his body.
"My
heart bleeds...as I saw you today lying lifeless in the pool of your own blood.
I and other Umuebiri wept uncontrollably but we realised that we couldn't bring you
back. Rest in peace Aki Ilu....good brother." he wrote.
The area has
reportedly been thrown into panic since the killing.
Kalu who
hailed from Ibinaukwu Igbere, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia was born
and grew up at the Ndiegoro area of Aba before he travelled to Malaysia for
greener pasture.
According to
him, Kalu stayed with his wife, a daughter and aged parents when he recently
returned from his base in Malaysia before the Coronavirus outbreak.
Kalu who
reportedly returned from his Kuala Lumpur base, stayed with his aged parents
before the COVID-19 lockdown and had planned his return before his murder.
Spokesperson
of the command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, who confirmed the incident, said the case
is under investigation.
"We
learnt that the young man was shot in a barbing saloon. He got a call and
either he directed them to where he went or the people went in there and shot
him. The case is under investigation. We are doing our best to track the
hoodlums,” he said.
See more
photos of the deceased below..
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