Nigeria, May 16 -- Gunmen have killed two persons in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east.

The incident, PREMIUM TIMES learned, happened on Thursday morning in Egbebelu village of Nanka, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the hoodlums, operating in a motorcycle, double-crossed the victims while they were driving in a red-colour Toyota Camry car.

One of the residents, who asked not to be named, said the gunmen suddenly opened fire on the victims, killing one of them at the spot.

"The second person was shot dead while he was running away from the car," the resident said.

He identified one of the deceased victims as Ifeanyi Rolex Iloakasia, a lawyer who was driving home from ...