A stray bullet from suspected kidnappers killed an unidentified woman at Our Lady’s Bus Stop, Nkpor, on the Enugu/Awka/Onitsha old road in Anambra State’s Idemili North Local Government Area, gistpeople reports
Before the deceased was hit, the bullets were aimed at a victim of the abductors who was fleeing from his captors, according to Punch.
At around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, the suspected kidnappers were pursuing the owner of a Honda Crosstour SUV.
According to a source, the car owner hit an electric pole beside the road leading to Our Lady’s Industrial Centre while fleeing the suspected abductors, jumped out of the vehicle, and fled.
He managed to flee, but one of the suspects’ stray bullets killed a woman standing by the roadside.
“On Wednesday morning, men from the Ogidi Police Division transported the slain woman’s body to a nearby morgue in an ambulance, while the partially smashed SUV belonging to the escaped kidnap victim was driven to the police station,” a source said.
The deceased’s body has been moved to a nearby mortuary, according to the Divisional Police Officer at Ogidi, Sani Armed, who confirmed the incident. Investigations are ongoing.
