The Director General, Scientific and Equipment Development Institute SEDI, Prof. Samuel Ndubisi has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.

He was killed at the end of the Enugu/Porthacourt Express Road Enugu

The video which has gone viral in the social media shows the police orderly lying lifeless on the express while Professor Ndubuisi’s body lay by his Prado Jeep.

The driver who was reportedly injured in the incident was reportedly rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.

The Jeep in which the Director General was riding in was riddled with bullet showing that his assailants had opens fire on the vehicle before it was forced to a halt

Reacting to the incident Enugu State Police Command Inna statement said “information surrounding a shooting incident today, 07/07/2021 at about 1600hrs, along Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway, said to have led to the death of a man and his Police orderly, is still sketchy. Meanwhile, preliminary investigation has commenced. Further development will be duly communicated.

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The statement was issued by the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO ASP Daniel Ndukwe.

Executive Governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has already visited the scene of the accident.

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