Security operatives attached to the Department of State Service have allegedly shot dead a female baker, Chinenye Opah, at Ologo Street in the Coal Camp suburb of Enugu State.
An eyewitness told Punch that DSS operatives had stormed the area in two Hilux vehicles and immediately they alighted from their vehicles, they started shooting sporadically. In the confusion, Opah was shot dead.
According to the source: “This young lady, Chinenye Opah, was on Friday, March 18, 2022, gunned down by the DSS operatives along Ologo Street Coal Camp Enugu.
“The operatives stormed the location with two Hilux vehicles and started shooting sporadically causing a stamped.
“In the ensuing commotion, one of them pursued Chinenye who ran like every other person for safety and gunned her down. The operative shot her severally at a close range.”
The publication stated further that a family source informed them that Chinenye had three bullet holes around her upper region, showing that the operatives clearly targeted to kill her.
The State Police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, could not be reached to comment on the incident
Meanwhile, a source from the DSS zonal office in Enugu disclosed that the service did not have a record of such incident.
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