Tragedy struck at the university town of Nsukka, Enugu State,
weekend, as unidentified gunmen raped a young girl, who was celebrating
her birthday with her lover boy, who was also shot in the head.
Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred last Saturday, when the
girl’s boyfriend, identified as Sunday Ozioko, 30, took out his lover in
his new Toyota Camry saloon car as part of the birthday celebration.
It was learned that the gunmen, who rode in a motorcycle, blocked the
vehicle along Orba Road at 6.30p.m., took over the car and sped off
through Orba Market to Obollo-Afor.
They stopped at Alor-AnoCommunitySecondary School, raped the girl and
shot her fiancé, who survived the attack, but was said to be in
critical condition.
A source told Vanguard that when the two gunmen were through at
9:30p.m., they gave the victim N500, having been dropped off at Odolu in
KogiState.
Realising that the girl could identify then later, the bandits
allegedly made for the girl again, who was able to escape through a path
that led her to a crusade ground, where Adonai Faith Assembly was
having a vigil.
Rescue
The obviously horrified girl was said to have narrated her ordeal to
the congregation, who she told her fiancee was still lying in his pool
of blood.
According to a source, the pastor of the church immediately swung
into action, reached out to the police at Nsukka Urban, who quickly
rushed him to BishopShanahanHospital, Nsukka.
Efforts made to speak with the victim at his hospital private ward
proved abortive as his relations barred press men from seeing him.
Sunday Ozioko has, however, been transferred to UNTH, Enugu, for a surgical operation on his head.
Enugu State Police spokesman, Ebere Amarizu, said police were on top
of the situation and vowed that everything would be done to track down
the bandits.
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