Man traveling to UK killed while withdrawing money in Imo

A 30-year-old Nigerian man bound for the United Kingdom, Wisdom Chukumerem has been shot dead in Imo state.

It was gathered that the victim who hailed from Awo Ommamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, was shot three times in his chest by armed robbers at the World Bank junction roundabout in Owerri.

Sources told The Punch that Chukwumerem was withdrawing money from a Point Of Sale operator when his killers struck.

His immediate elder brother, Shedrack said on Monday, that his family was trumatised by the killing of his young brother.

He also revealed that his sibling was pronounced dead at the Umuguma Specialists General Hospital, adding that the state police command released the mortuary tally to him and gave him the clean bill of health to bury his brother.

According to Shedrack, the armed robbers who robbed the POS operator killed his brother after accusing him of calling policemen to storm the scene.

The 32-year-old said that all the appeals his brother made to the armed robbers that he was not calling policemen fell on deaf ears as they shot him dead on the spot.

He said;

“My name is Shedrack Anulika Chukwumerem. My younger brother’s name is Wisdom Somtochukwu Chukwumerem. He returned from abroad about three years ago. He had a house at world bank Area N And I was living with him in his house when I was driving a commercial service bus known as Bus Imo.

“But I relocated back to the village to start up a business. We are from Umuduru Isieke in Awo-omamma in the Oru East local government area of Imo State. At about 8pm on 10th August 2023, I received a distress call from his wife that my brother was shot by armed robbers.

“So I drove straight to Owerri that same night and I was directed by the Policemen there to come to the Imo State specialist hospital and when I got there I saw my brother’s lifeless body and policemen were present there.

“He was married with two kids, all girls. He would have been 30 years on November 27. He ought to be traveling back to the UK by the first week of September before he was shot dead. So, the policemen told me that there was an armed robbery attack at the Umuguma roundabout at a POS stand and my brother was there to withdraw money eventually he was shot because they noticed he was on call and the robbers thought that he was trying to call the police against them.

“And he was shot in the left side of his chest. So I deposited his body at the morgue that same night. The policemen took the tally and told me to report the next day. He was my immediate younger brother. I’m 32 years old. He would have been 30 on 27 November.

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