Suspected assassins have shot and killed the chairman of Udu Harbour Market in Udu Local Government Area of Delta state, Comrade Freedom Odiete.
It was gathered that the gunmen ambushed the market leader at Cross and Stop junction, Ekete-Inland on Sunday while heading towards the DSC Expressway.
The suspected assassins reportedly shot him on his left hand, but he managed to escape to a nearby church, where he hid in the toilet. The gunmen trailed the deceased through the drops of his blood to the toilet and shot him several times until he died.
The corpse of the deceased has been deposited at a morgue by men of the Nigeria Police, Ovwian Division.
The Delta Police Command is yet to make statement on the incident.