Unknown gunmen shoot Journalist in Lokoja

A journalist with a Lagos-based newspaper, The Sun has been shot.

The journalist, identified as Adeyemi, was allegedly shot as he headed to the Nigerian Union of Journalists Secretariat.

The drive-by shooters also shot another passerby, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, The Punch said.

The passerby was said to have just arrived from Benue and caught up in the middle of the mayhem.

The gunshots in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital followed the resumption of looting in another warehouse in Zone 8 area, reports The Punch.

A similar incident was recorded overnight when the ADP warehouse was invaded and bags of fertilizer carted away.

As of the time of filing this report, heavy gunshots rent the air while all shops along with Murtala Mohammed way, Lokoja are closed, with people scampering to safety.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya, said the gunshots were from hoodlums who were scaring people away to enable them to loot.