It was gory and dumbfounding scene as a middle aged shop owner was shot dead in her shop by suspected assassins at Ovwor-Olomu community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State penultimate Monday.
The deceased who was in her late 40’s and only identified as Judith, was sitting in front of her shop, few meters away from a police check point along Oteri-Ughelli/ Ovwor road.
It was reported that the gunmen who stormed the shop had requested her to follow them to their awaiting vehicle.
But a source at the scene who spoke on anonymous condition disclosed that, “When the guys alighted the vehicle and walked straight to were the deceased was sitting at the front of her shop, we all thought they came to buy something not until they ordered her to follow them.
“At first she thought, it was a joke until they shot her on the leg. She told them that she cannot follow someone she didn’t know and they shot her on the throat which led to her instant death”.
Until her murder, Judith also owned a chemist store at Ekiugbo-Ughelli before she recently established a branch at Ovwor-Olomu in Ughelli South local government area where she was murdered.
Though the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright could not be contacted as at the time of this report but a senior security source attached to the Delta State Police Command confirmed the incident.
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“The lady was shot dead in front of her shop at Ovwor-Olomu at about past 7:00pm in the presence of her brother and some of her workers. The matter is currently under investigation.” The anonymous security source disclosed.