The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Scientific Equipment Development Initiative, SEDI, Enugu State, Prof. Simon Ndubuisi has been reportedly assassinated in Enugu State.
Reports gathered that the Federal Government Agency Director was murdered by unknown gunmen along Port- Hacourt Express Road Enugu around 4:00 pm while he was reportedly going home.
He was being driven in his official vehicle marked “SEDI 26D 02FG”.
His police orderly was also killed by the gunmen while the driver of the vehicle reportedly sustained injuries and had been taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Enugu State, ASP Daniel Ndukwe confirmed the incident.
“Information surrounding a shooting incident today, 07/07/2021 at about 1600hrs, along Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway, said to have led to the death of a man and his Police orderly, is still sketchy.
“Meanwhile, preliminary investigation has commenced. Further development will be duly communicated, please,” Ndukwe wrote.
Also, The Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions of SEDI, Mr Sam Wadzani, when contacted via telephone, said the union in shock and could not speak immediately.
“Please my dear, the entire staff of SEDI are in shock. I am in the hospital please. I speak to you later.”
Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), Enugu is an institute under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). It is located at Akwuke, Enugu South Local Government Area.
The institute is actively involved in research, development and popularization of scientific research results which have been of great help to the growth and development of the nation.
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