A
former chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, Aba, Chidozie Ogunji is
currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital in Aba,
the commercial hub of Abia State after he sustained a gunshot wound
from suspected armed robbers who made away with his car.
It was learnt that the incident happened at about 9pm
on Wednesday last week in front of his house while he was attempting
to drive into his compound along Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway, a suburb of
the commercial city.
Daily
Independent gathered that the ex-NBA chairman was rushed to the
hospital immediately after the gunmen shot him and left him in the pool
of his blood, speeding off in his SUV Toyota car which is yet to be
recovered.
Although
his family could not be reached at the time of filing this report,
sources who described him as an easy going and kindhearted person said
Ogunji was lucky to have cheated death by the whiskers as the bullet
aimed at him, hit one of his thighs.
A
source who witnessed the incident said he (Ogunji) was trying to drive
into his compound and probably waiting for the gate of his compound to
be opened, when some group of boys believed to have laid ambush for him,
rushed to the car and started struggling the door with him.
The
source said, “When they overpowered him and apparently because of the
nearness of the compound to the road, they aimed and shot at him before
speeding off with his SUV Toyota car. I wondered why those armed robbers
could be targeting a lawyer who serves the interest of the poor
masses”.
When
contacted the Abia State Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Ezekiel
Onyeke Udeviotu said the Ogbor Hill Police station in whose area the
incident happened was yet to make any official complaint to his office
about the incident.
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