The corpses of the assassinated couple were seen by passersby at a lonely place along the Tempo Junction, Umunya axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in the early hours of Wednesday.
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed a man and a woman suspected to be a couple in Anambra State and dumped their bodies in the boot of their Toyota car with the registration number: EE-621-EU.
The corpses of the assassinated couple were seen by passersby at a lonely place along the Tempo Junction, Umunya axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in the early hours of Wednesday.
A video making the rounds on the internet shows the dark-coloured Toyota car surrounded and inspected by passersby while its doors were wide open with the two fresh corpses of the couple seen inside the boot.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who confirmed the incident said that the police personnel attached to the Oyi Police Division had recovered and deposited the corpses in a mortuary.
He said an investigation had commenced to unravel the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
The police spokesperson said, “Police personnel attached to the Oyi Division led by the DPO at about 7:30 am today 24/1/2024, have recovered two lifeless bodies, abandoned in a car boot along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.
“The operatives also recovered the abandoned vehicle and some expanded cartridges at the scene. Meanwhile, bodies have been deposited in the morgue and investigations have commenced.
“Preliminary information revealed that those persons, a man, and woman, with marks of violence and gunshot injuries all over their bodies, were murdered and abandoned in a black Corolla car with reg plate number Lagos AAA 621 EU. Further details shall be communicated, please.”
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