South -East Nigeria:  Unknown  Gunmen Strike, Kill Ex-Enugu High Court Judge

South -East Nigeria:  Unknown  Gunmen Strike, Kill Ex-Enugu High Court Judge

A former Judge of the Enugu State High Court, Justice Stanley Nnaji, has been shot dead by gunmen.

Police has described the location as the popular Ebeano Tunnel Roundabout off Garden Avenue in Enugu.

A volley of shots was heard before the men jumped into the black SUV and drove away.

Enugu Police Commissioner Mohammed Aliyu has ordered a full-scale manhunt of armed assailants.

Justice Nnaji was a Judge of the Enugu State High Court until he was dismissed following his role in the removal of Governor Chris Ngige, the then Governor of Anambra State in 2007 via a questionable ex-parte order.

His killing came hours after the former Special Adviser on politics to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, was shot dead by gunmen in Owerri, Imo State.

Gulak was on his way to Abuja from Owerri when he was killed Saturday night.

Source: National Mail Online