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Corps member shot by unknown gun men in Awka

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11 years ago

March 24, 2014

The Police in Anambra on Monday said a corps member, Mr
Julius Oghoroko, was shot on Sunday by unknown gunmen.
The state Police Public Relations Officer,
Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka (ASP), told newsmen that Oghoroko,
who hailed from Delta, bled profusely and was taken to the state
teaching hospital in Awka at about 10p.m.
“The command is investigating the incident and assures that the
culprits will be brought to book when caught.
“We have beefed up security around the camp in Umunya, Oyi Local
Government Area, because of the incident’’, the PPRO said.
The medical doctor on duty, Kingsley Azugo, said that the condition of
the corps member was stable.
“They came in around 10p.m. and the patient was heading into coma
because of the enormous loss of blood before he was revived.
“The injury was at the right bicep of the muscle, that is the bullet
entrance, but the exit was at the media bicep measuring about
eight centimetres’’, he said