Businessman Shot Dead One Week To Wedding In Ebonyi

• Businessman shot dead by suspected gunmen, just one week to his wedding in Ebonyi

• Chioma, the proposed wife of the deceased has gone back to the village to Mourn her dead husband- Family members

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a businessman, Isaac Chukwu, was shot and died in the Margaret Umahi International Market in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, only one week before his wedding.

The deceased, popularly known as Ochoudo, meaning ‘peace seeker’, was said to have locked up his shop, after the day’s activities and was heading to his car with his heartthrob, Chioma, when some men accosted them, after firing sporadically in the air.

According to Chioma, the men ordered her fiance to lie down on the floor, an order he hardly completed when they shot at him three times and vamoosed.

Their wedding invitation, which has gone viral on Social Media, alongside their pre-wedding pictures, since the sad incident, showed that their traditional and white wedding was scheduled for April 21 at Ekpelu, Ikwo and Apil 23, at St Thomas Chapel, Pastoral Center, Abakaliki, respectively.

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A source close to the family of the deceased told the press on Saturday, that Chioma is still in a deep shock and that she has gone to her village, Ekpelu, Ikwo LGA, to mourn her departed fiance, as tradition demands. “She has gone to her village to mourn her late husband. She can’t do that here, in the town”, the source stated.

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