The streets of Benin City, the capital of Edo State in the South South region of Nigeria, was on Friday morning filled with mourning as the news of the murder of Courage Igbineweka, a bus driver, who plies the Ring Road to Estate Gate route of the acclaimed ancient city.
Information gathered by this publication is that the deceased who was also the Chairman of the Estate Gate bus park on Iriri Road was accosted by some four unidentified gunmen as early as 6.30 am somewhere in the park where he sat in readiness for the commencement of the day’s business.
The agents of death, who reportedly came in in an unmarked car without number plates, parked their vehicle in a corner a few meters to where Courage sat and two of them strolled to meet him while the other two stayed inside the vehicle watching from a distance.
As the gun wielding duo dressed in black got to Courage they pointed their weapons at him, shot him on the neck at a very close range. They turned to go but one of them was quoted as saying that Courage was still breathing and as such they should turn back to complete the job whereby he was shot at on the forehead.
They immediately got into their vehicle and sped off at top speed leaving the dead man in a pool of his own blood.
According to findings the predecessor of the father of three also died in similar circumstances about four years ago.
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