Gunmen suspected to be a kidnap gang ambushed the convoy of Prof Okey Reuben Okechukwu, the Provost of the newly established Federal College of Education, Technical, Isu, near the boundary of Isu Onicha Local Government Area and Agba in Ishieleu LGA.
Prof. Okechukwu was in a Mercedes Jeep with registration number: Abj371 TS leading a Convoy of about five Vehicles from his office at the temporary site of the college in Isu back to Abakaliki, the state capital after the closing of work when the incident happened.
Also in the car with the Provost was the College Librarian, Mr. Lawal Shuaibu, police orderly, two Aides to the Provost and the driver.
Witnesses reported that the incident occurred as the motorcade of the Provost was slopping on the Agba bridge where sand sacks were used to block the road, a young unarmed man sprang out, waving down the car, while suddenly a group of gun-armed men trooped out from nearby bush and aimed at the cars in the Provost’s convoy.
As the driver attempted to reverse back, they open fire on the provost’s car and the car was swerved into the bush, but the first gunshot hit the Librarian, Mr. Shuabu at the back of his neck while the second wounded the driver on the forehead.
While inside the bush, according to an eyewitness, the occupants of the car opened the doors and ran for their lives as another bullet hit Mr. Shuabu again at the shoulder back and he fall down crawling away.
The driver who find a track road met another group who mobbed him with stones and sticks till the sudden arrival of a team of policemen from the Isu Division of the Nigeria Police who rescued and took him to the hospital at Isu.
It was gathered that the second vehicle was a Tundra van Conveying TETFUND Consultants from Abuja who came to oversee bid opening in the College which reverse immediately back to Isu Police Division to alert the police who swung into action and disorganized the assailants.