A man identified simply as Nwachukwu was on Saturday night shot dead by robbers in his failed attempt to disarm one of the hoodlums.
The man was reportedly killed at his Iguosa home in Ovia North East Local Government Local Government Area.
It was learnt that that robbers entered the building when the victim’s wife went out at 5.30am to get some water.
The robbers were said to have ordered her inside and demanded for her gold and other valuables.
The victim’s daughter, who spoke in confidence for security reasons, said her father was killed when he attempted to disarm one of the robbers.
She said: “My mother opened the door to go and fetch some water when the robbers followed her inside. They told my daddy to remove the gold on his neck but my daddy said it was not gold.
“My daddy ran inside and the robbers asked my mummy to switch on the light. When she switched on the light, my daddy began to struggle with one of them. The robbers shot my daddy. That was how my daddy died.”
The victim was taken to a mortuary in a white Hilux van belonging to the police.
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