Police say four arrested over fatal Gwarinpa Expressway shooting
Goodness Oghenetega Imonighavr died at the National Hospital, Abuja, after he was shot along the Gwarinpa Expressway, police said.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of Goodness Oghenetega Imonighavr in Abuja. Force spokesperson Ani Iniedu announced the arrests in a police operational update on Thursday, 12 November, The Punch reported.
Iniedu said police received a distress call from a filling station along the Gwarinpa Expressway. According to the police account, assailants followed Imonighavr as he travelled from Dawaki to his office in Maitama and shot him. His vehicle crashed on the filling station premises, and the assailants fled with his mobile phone, police said.
Imonighavr was taken to the National Hospital, Abuja, where he died from his injuries. Iniedu said a follow-up operation led to four arrests and that the suspects were in custody at the time of the update.
The Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja is investigating. The published account gave no date for the shooting and disclosed no charges or motive.