At least four persons were gunned down in the early hours of Monday in different parts of Anambra State.
Two brothers identified as Godwin Ikechukwu Modobi and Nnajiofor Modobi were killed in Umuhu village in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state, it was gathered.
Godwin was a direct younger brother to Nnajiofor, and was also a former youth leader in the community.
While the two others were murdered along the Udorji Road, beside St. Mary’s Church, Ozubulu, in Ekwusigo LGA.
Nnajiofor was killed by the gunmen right in their house, after which they blindfolded and abducted the younger brother, whom they also eventually killed close to Utuh Junction and dumped his corpse at the centre of the road.
There was a trending video from the scenes of the incident, which showed a corpse lying lonely at the centre of the deserted expressway, without a vehicle or pedestrian coming or going through the road.
There were bullets cases around the corpse, which was lying in a pool of blood, with bullet wounds on his chest and other parts of the body.