A family conveying the body of a young man allegedly killed by armed robbers along
the Eku-Sapele road in Ethiope East local government area of Delta
State, were last weekend attacked and dispossessed of their possessions
by a gang of gunmen suspected to be armed robbers yet again.
According
to the Vanguard Newspaper, the family were taking the remains of the
deceased, Efe Onosakponwha, who was a victim of a robbery attack at Eku
by over 20 gunmen, to their hometown for burial when the gunmen attacked
and robbed them.
The incident occurred at about
5:10 pm, Thursday, April 9th, around Okerekpo axis of Eku-Sapele road
while members of the Onosakponwha family, including his grieving mother
were transporting his remains from Warri General Hospital to Eku for
burial.
According to a female member of the
family, the family drove into the robbers who disposed them of N90,000
cash and other valuables, despite the presence of a corpse in the car.
The source said:
"Owing
to the gravity of the gunshot wounds Efe sustained, he was referred to
the Warri General Hospital for treatment where N110,000 was demanded for
treatment.
His mother went back to Eku
to source for the money but was only able to raise N90,000. Upon her
return, she was told that her son, who was shot on the buttocks, with
the bullet exiting through his groin, was dead.
It
was while they were transporting the remains of their son back to Eku
that they drove into the robbers who equally rob and disposed them of
their cash and other valuables despite the presence of a corpse in the
car."
