Woman Dies Mistakenly As Old Gun Explodes During Celebration

What was meant to be a thing of joy suddenly became a tragedy when during the celebration of acquisition of a new masquerade, a loaded canon gun exploded and killed one Jacina Nwobodo, 42 at Ezikwe Akpugo, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu.

This makes it two people who have been killed violently within five days in the local government.

Earlier police report stated that a suspected murderer, killed his 48 year old girlfriend, Nkemakonam Chinwuba, with a wooden door frame following a slight quarrel before surrendering himself to the police, on December 9, 2018.

Naija News gathered from family sources that Mrs Nwobodo was killed by the canon gun, which ignited while one Sunday Anieke Ngwu was celebrating his acquisition of a new masquerade

The host was alleged to have invited a experienced native to shoot the canon guns.

It was reported that the experienced canon gun man, one Monday Ani Obodoeji, had ignited the loaded canon guns after lining them on the ground but one of guns which had become old and overused, exploded and flew in a different direction, where it struck the late Nwobodo to death, leading to pandemonium in the vicinity.

The police at the Enugu state command headquarters confirmed that it received a report of murder of one Jacinta Nwobodo from Eziokwe village in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, adding that this was the second time such case of untimely death was being reported from the area within five days.

“We are aware that one Mr. Sunday Anieke Ngwu was celebrating his acquisition of a new masqurade with his friends when a canon gun exploded and killed one Jacinta Nwobodo, 42, instantly.

” This is the second time we are getting such ugly report from the same area within a period of five days. Our men will swing into action to unravel if the deceased was intentionally killed or whether it was by accident. It investigation that will reveal if there any ulterior motive or not,’ the police man who pleaded anonymity

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