Ex-CBN director shot dead in Owerri

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•Assassins threaten Rev. Father

A former Director with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chief Charles Nwosu, was yesterday shot dead by gunmen in Owerri, Imo State.

Chief Nwosu, who hailed from Emeabia in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, was reportedly killed at the Ekeukwu Owerri Central Market, along Douglas Road, Owerri.
His body has been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.

When Daily Sun visited the emergency/causality ward, scores of armed riot policemen and relations of the deceased were seen discussing the incident, while the hospital officials declined comments.
The police spokesman Mr. Vitalis Onugu, confirmed the incident.

Meanwhile, the Principal of the Holy Ghost College, Owerri, Rev. (Fr). Cyprian Ogu, narrowly escaped assassination from suspected cultists at his college residence in Owerri.

According to the Catholic weekly tabloid, The Leader, the suspected cultists shot several times through Fr. Ogu’s window, shattering all the pillows and bedsheets in the room.

The attack came barely two days after a cult group, the Black Axe Confraternity (Aiye), wrote the reverend father, threatening to kill him if he failed to quit the college before the end of the year.

The letter, dated August 16, 2012 with motto: “Forgiveness is a sin,” reads: “By this letter, you have been warned again to leave Holy Ghost College Owerri before the end of this year.

“You have continued to expel our members from the school hence, we have been mandated to capture Holy Ghost College, Owerri, so you either leave dead or alive because we will stop at nothing to make sure you leave. This is not a mere threat as more attacks will come your way if you ignore this notice and it seemed you have not learnt from our previous attacks. You have been warned again.”

The letter, it was gathered, was dropped at the principal’s doorstep.

Narrating his ordeal, the priest disclosed that dogs at the college rectory barked continuously for about two hours before the cultists struck, adding that it was the barking of the dogs that woke the residents of the school, sensing that danger was lurking around.

According to him, it was like a dream initially but when he heard the repeated gunshots very close to him, it became clear that the hoodlums were after him.