Nnewi Community is mourning the killing of another illustrious son, Chief Gab Ofoma by unknown gunmen on Sunday.
He was murdered on the Ukpor-Lilu- Orsumoghu-Azia-Mbosi Road (which connects Anambra State to Imo State), as his driver made a detour from the Onitsha-Owerri Highway en route to Port Harcourt, due to the traffic jam on the highway.
This is according to a post on the Facebook page of an aide of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Joe Igbokwe. It was titled “Another Big son of the soil killed by “Unknown Gunmen” in the South East!!!
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Quoting Agunze Azuka Onwuka, the post said the deceased was killed after visiting his home in Nnewi and was on his way back to his base in Port Harcourt, Chief Gab Ofoma (Ojemba Enwe Ilo Nnewi).
He was the Chairman/CEO of Ofoma Associates Ltd.,
Stating further, it was gathered that he was murdered on the Ukpor-Lilu-Orsumoghu- Azia-Mbosi Road (which connects Anambra State to Imo State), as his driver made a detour from the Onitsha-Owerri Highway en route to Port Harcourt, due to the traffic jam on the highway.
It was reported that gunmen targeted him because he was riding in an SUV.
“His crime probably was that he was riding in an SUV and looked like a “big man.”
Chief Ofoma until his death was a senior estate surveyor and valuer.
Report says he had a big estate surveying firm with offices in Port Harcourt (headquarters), Nnewi, Abuja and Lagos, employing over 150 people.
“He was a soft-spoken gentleman whose chieftaincy title Ojemba Enwe Ilo means “a traveller or sojourner does not create enemies.”
He was an illustrious son of Umunnealam, Umudim, Nnewi.
His killing brought to the fore the question of “When will these senseless and directionless killings stop? What will these killings achieve?”
