Chief Gab Ofoma, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ofoma Associates Limited has been shot dead by unknown gunmen on Sunday, Naija News reports.
The deceased, a native of Umunnealam, Nnewi, Anambra State, was said to have been killed while on his way back to Port Harcourt where he’s based after visiting his hometown .
Bibian Anekwe News learnt the business mogul was killed along the Ukpor-Lilu-Orsumoghu-Azia-Mbosi Road, which connects Anambra and Imo states.
Chukwudi Iwuchukwu, a friend of the deceased took to his Facebook to announce the death of the businessman.
According to him, late’s Ofoma’s driver had taken a detour to another road due to the protests by trailer drivers who blocked the Onitsha-Owerri highway because of the presence of police checkpoints around the Ihiala axis and the deaths that have ensued because of it when the gunmen striked killing him at the spot.,
An eyewitness said, “Chief Gab Ofoma was gunned down on Sunday. His crime probably was that he was riding in an SUV and looked like a big man.
“Many people have been murdered on that road by these people who kill anybody that is in a big car and looks like a big man.”
The late businessman was a senior estate surveyor and had an estate surveying firm with offices in Port Harcourt, Nnewi, Abuja and Lagos.
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