Suspected armed robbers k!ll Ebonyi commissioner’s brother

Suspected armed robbers have k!lled Mr. Christopher Igwe, the younger brother to Hon. Uchenna Igwe, the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. The spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ukandu said that the incident occurred around the Ishieke axis in Ebonyi Local Government Area (LGA) at about 10pm on Monday night, November 17. Yes, the incident occurred on Monday night at about 10pm along the Ishieke area. The armed robbers, after an operation at a cooking gas selling store, began to shoot and, unfortunately, the brother to the commissioner was shot d3ad, he said. Ukandu said that the men of the command had already launched an investigation into the matter for the possible arrest of the hoodlums. He, therefore, urged residents to provide available and useful information to ensure that the perpetrators of the crime were brought to book.