Gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have killed Prof I.O. Onyemelukwe.
The now late professor of Economics is said to be the father of Dr Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, 2021, with a prize sum of $100,000.
It was reported on Friday morning that on Thursday night that there was an attack by gunmen in Oko, Orumba South Local Government Area, where they blocked vehicles coming from Umunze, Ufuma, into Oko.
Sources said the gunmen killed an unidentified old man in the less than one-hour operation while abducting two men who were said to have been unable to answer questions about the self-determination struggle of the IPOB.
Advertisements
