Chairman of Ogbete Market Amalgamated Traders’ Association (OMATA), Mr. Stephen Aniagu, was on Saturday night murdered in cold blood.
The development has created tension in Enugu, the Coal City capital.
Aniagu, Chairman of the largest market in the state, was shot dead by gunmen suspected to be assassins.
The assailants were reported to have murdered him at the Topland Area of the state, after which they made away with his car.
A gory video in circulation showed Aniagu’s lifeless body riddled with bullets, with residents surrounding him in shock and disbelief.
The Enugu State Police is yet to issue any statement on the incident.