Gunmen kill Nollywood actor Pawpaw’s brother in Imo

<p><b>Prince Iheme&comma; elder brother to popular Nollywood actor&comma; Osita Iheme better known as Pawpaw has been killed by gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home in Imo State&period;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Punch<&sol;em> reports that the gunmen also injured the state Commissioner for Solid Minerals&comma; Martin Eke&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The gunmen who rode in Trundra operational vehicles shot indiscriminately forcing people to scamper for safety&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While businesses abruptly closed&comma; the roads were deserted as motorists abandoned their vehicles and ran away&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At Orji&comma; a community sharing boundary with the state capital&comma; the gunmen wearing black clothes in three vehicles attacked residents and passersby&comma; including policemen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the gunmen met policemen at the 7Up junction at Orji and shot one cop dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They just killed a policeman now&period; They opened fire on them and were shouting&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;There is sit-at-home&period; We have asked you to go home&period; Stay indoors&period;&&num;8217&semi;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another eyewitness said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just escaped death now&period; They stopped before us and shot in the air and asked us to go home&period; They didn’t shoot at us maybe because I was in the midst of some elderly women&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At Ubommiri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State&comma; the gunmen attacked the convoy of the All Progressives Congress candidate for Mbaitoli&sol; Ikeduru Federal Constituency&comma; Akarachi Amadi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;tears-as-death-hits-president-buharis-family&sol;">Tears As Death Hits President Buhari&&num;8217&semi;s Family <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Prince Iheme was riding in the same vehicle with the commissioner for solid minerals&period; Prince Iheme who is Pawpaw’s elder brother was killed on the spot&period; The commissioner who was sworn in two weeks ago was cut badly&period; He has just been rushed to a hospital&period; They were driving in a Ford SUV&period; I pray he makes it&&num;8221&semi;&comma; the eyewitness said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;