Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot a man identified as Emmanuel Rufus dead in Edo State.
The incident was reported to have occured on Saturday on the Igarra-Ebilo Road in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state.
A local source said the victim was travelling alongside his two relatives in a Mercedes-Benz GLK when gunmen emerged from the bush and opened fire on the car.
He said that one of the victims died in the process, while the other occupants of the vehicle were whisked away into the bush.
When contacted on Monday, the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the killing.
He described the incident as a case of murder, not of kidnapping.
He said that the report from the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Igarra Division indicated that one Emmanuel Rufus was seen lying on the Igarra-Ebilo Road in Akoko Edo Local Government of the state.
He said that the police and local vigilantes mobilised to the scene and met the victim with a bullet wound inside the car, with registration number BEN 303 GM.
The police spokesperson said that the body of the victim was later removed by his immediate family for burial.
According to him, investigation into the matter is ongoing, along with efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects.
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