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Breaking: Sun reporter’s younger sister in Ebonyi shot dead by Police
A Policeman in Onicha Local Government Council has alledgedly shot a younger sister of the Sun Newspapers correspondent on Wednesday.
The female victim who’s name was not revealed was selling fruits at a junction in Enuagu Onicha Igboeze village when she was shot.
She reportedly received First Aid treatment before she was rushed to Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA, but died close to Amuwusa Quarters while on the way to Abakaliki.
The victim died in the vehicle of her elder sister who reports for Sun Newspaper while conveying her to the hospital.
A resident of Enuagu Onicha Igboeze explained to some journalists that the Police came to the village on Wednesday, harrassing people .
The Sun correspondent lamented to her colleagues for the killing of her younger sister who sells fruits to survive.
Meanwhile colleagues of the reporter from Ebonyi State Correspondents Chapel expressed their condolences.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ebonyi State Police Command, DSP Loveth Odah “This is very sad and unacceptable. Please, dear brother Chijioke Agwu take heart.
“I have informed the Police Authority of your complaint and we are seriously on it to unravel the team that exhibited this unprofessional conduct if they are actually Police officers”.