Gunmen shoot, injure 50 years old man in Delta

Gunmen have reportedly attacked, shot and injured a fifty years old man, Powela Megbuwe along Edjemudaro road, by Cinema site in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.The incident occurred at about 7:40pm on Monday, February 13.The victim is currently receiving medical treatment at an undisclosed hospital.Our Correspondent who investigated learnt that the victim escaped with the gunshot wounds from the scene of incident which has caused serious tension within the area with residents and Indigenes now living in fear.Megbuwe who spoke with Our Correspondent from his hospital bed accused a man he had conflict with in a service of songs recently of being responsible for the attack on him.According to him, "We were having service of song in my compound, so at the long run, a community boy now came and was asking for settlement. So, I asked him, Don't you have a mother? you came to collect money from an old woman's burial that just died? Don't you have a mother?"And he further said, if we don't settle him, he will block the road and scatter the canopies, Of which I told him that he can't do that. "Furthermore, I called a prominent person from the community, he now spoke with the boy on phone, and the boy left."Before he left, he was bragging that he will show me, he will do me something, but I just forget about the matter."It was not up to 4 hours, while I was along Edjemudaro road, coming back from where I used POS machine for withdrawal, a Keke that was coming from my back blocked my way and exclaimed, "this is the guy, this is the guy," and that I should enter their tricycle, I said, "for what?" Before I knew it, they shot at my leg. And they said collect his phone, that was when they collected my phone."I held the keke as they collected the phone from me, and while they were trying to drive away from me as I held the keke, they dragged me on the ground until I leave them at Cinema roundabout. To God be the glory, I rescued myself to Vicar clinic."While noting that the gunmen were three in number inside the tricycle that attacked him, Megbuwe said he could not identify them, stressing that the tool used in hitting his head was not even identified. "It was at midnight, I don't really know what they used in heating my head, they struck my head 4 times after they shut me. But I knew they were three in number".The Medical Director, MD of Vicar Clinic confirmed the injury at the leg to be gun shot and suspected the injuries at the head to be "blood trauma.""Yes, I confirmed that the injury at the leg were caused by gun shot, but for the head, it's blood trauma, maybe they used the back of the gun on his head".Megbuwe proposed for security agencies to safeguard their territory, stressing that his incident was not the first."To the government, this our area is not secure at all, mine is not the first case, others had happened. So place security agencies to guard and save thy citizens from this oppresion. I thank God am alive because they do not point the gun on my head." He added.However, Powela Megbuwe is an indigene of Inikorogha Community, in Olodiama Kingdom of Edo State.