{"id":81487,"date":"2021-06-02T18:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81487"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:32:19","slug":"tension-rises-as-air-force-officer-guns-down-german-born-nigerian-oguchi-unachukwu-in-imo-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tension-rises-as-air-force-officer-guns-down-german-born-nigerian-oguchi-unachukwu-in-imo-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension Rises As Air Force Officer Guns Down German-Born Nigerian Oguchi Unachukwu In Imo Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Oguchi Unachukwu, a Nigerian on his way to Germany, was allegedly shot and killed by members of the Nigerian Air Force\u2019s 211 Regiment in Owerri, Imo State, yesterday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Oguchi was slain at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport\u2019s tollgate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He was on his way to catch a flight to Lagos, from whence he planned to go to Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Onyekachi, Oguchi\u2019s older brother, told reporters on Tuesday that one of the Air Force officers shot him after he drove away from a checkpoint on Airport Road after they had waved him down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Air Force personnel stopped my brother, and he stopped,\u201d he added. &#8220;He moved after they had stopped him, assuming they had told him to go, not realising that they had told him to park by the roadside so they could search him and his vehicle.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe anguished Onyekachi charged the security authorities with bringing justice to his family, saying it was sad that Oguchi was slain by security officers who were supposed to protect him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The deceased\u2019s remains were said to have been deposited in the Federal Medical Centre\u2019s morgue in Owerri.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs of the deceased bathed in blood, which circulated online, were seen by our correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>The dead had been in Owerri for around three months, according to a source, and had just dedicated his second daughter in church two months ago.<\/p>\n<p>When approached, Bala Elkana, the state\u2019s Police Public Relations Officer, said he couldn\u2019t speak for another security organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Simeon Simeon, a spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force in the state, said he was unaware of the occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not correct. 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