According to reports, the gunmen who attacked Prof. Anthony Eze’s home in Awka in a Toyota Corolla automobile and opened fire early on Tuesday morning killed the lecturer from the Faculty of Education.
A lecturer employed by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK), in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, was attacked and killed by gunmen.
The lecturer identified as Prof. Anthony Eze of the Faculty of Education was reportedly killed early Tuesday morning by the gunmen who stormed his residence in Awka with a Toyota Corolla car and shot him.
On sighting the assailants, Eze made a futile attempt to escape but the assailants caught up with him and shot in the chest, The Nation reports.
“We were here this morning when the man was driving out of his house and suddenly a Toyota Corolla car pulled towards the entrance of his house.
“When he tried to drive back, they followed him and shot him, emptying about four bullets into his chest. As soon as they executed their plot, they fled to an unknown destination while we ran for our lives,” a resident of the area told The Nation.
The victim was reportedly taken to the General Hospital Amaku, where the attending physician pronounced him dead.
Chika Ene, the interim director of information and public relations at UNIZIK, acknowledged the occurrence at the time this report was filed, but she claimed to not have been given all the pertinent information.
