Dr. Chike Akunyili was reportedly killed on Tuesday and his son Obumneme has described how his father was killed by the yet-to-be-identified persons.

The medical doctor and widower of the late Minister of Information, Dora Akunyili, was killed on Monday evening when he was returning from a commemorative lecture in honor of his late wife, Dora.

The Police Command in Anambra State, where the incident happened, has vowed to unravel the brains behind the murder.

Speaking with the BBC Igbo, Obumneme said that his dad was shot in the face by gunmen who opened fire on his vehicle at Nkpor, Anambra State.

“His driver and a Police officer assigned to him also died in the shooting. A cousin survived and is being treated in hospital,” Obumneme added.

They were driving back from the town of Nsukka in Enugu state after attending a lecture hosted by the University of Nigeria to pay tribute to the late NAFDAC DG, Dora.

A bystander close to where the incident happened, said, “The killers attacked him (Akunyili) when they spotted a policeman in his car. Maybe they felt threatened when they sighted his police orderly. So, they killed him, the orderly, and his driver. They took him to be a politician.

He was mistaken for a politician because of the Police escort that was in his vehicle with him.

Meanwhile, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any involvement in the killing.

The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, said in a statement, “We wish to dissociate ourselves from the senseless killing of innocent citizens in Anambra State.

“We have no hands in the political killings going on in Biafra land. We have several times raised the alarm that some cruel politicians are hiding under the cloak of the situation in Biafra land to eliminate their political enemies and blame it on IPOB.

“This is pure political assassination going on in Anambra State now and it has been perfected by Nigeria DSS. Security agents are doing this to paint IPOB black in the face of support and encouragement we are getting from our people.”

Something needs to be done about this killing in the Southeast before it gets out of hand.