Nigerian actor, Osita Iheme popularly known as Pawpaw has lost his elder brother, Prince Iheme who was reportedly killed by gunmen executing a sit-at-home order in Imo state.
Witnesses, according to Punch, claimed that the gunmen moved in several vehicles while randomly firing throughout the state.
Prince was killed in the state’s Mbaitoli LGA while on a motion in the same vehicle with Martins Eke, the state commissioner for solid minerals when gunmen attacked them.
An eyewitness, who spoke with The Punch also claimed the attack was “politically motivated” and a policeman was also said to have been killed at the spot.
“This attack is politically motivated. We just finished at one campaign rally ground and were heading to Ubommiri. Our convoy was attacked at Amawuihe before Ubommiri,” the eyewitness said.
“Prince Iheme was riding in the same vehicle with the commissioner for solid minerals. Prince Iheme who is Pawpaw’s elder brother was killed on the spot.
The commissioner who was sworn in two weeks ago was badly injured. He has just been rushed to a hospital. They were driving in a Ford SUV. I pray he makes it.”
The five-day sit-at-home order was said to have been declared by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the outlawed group.
The order, which took effect on Friday, is billed to last till December 14.
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