Gunmen kills Prof Ndubuisi, Scientific Equipment Development Initiative boss in Enugu

Prof Sam Ndubuisi, managing director/chief executive officer of the Scientific Equipment Development Initiative (SEDI) has been assassinated by gunmen in Enugu.

Scientific Equipment Development Institute, Enugu is an institute located at Akwuke, Enugu South Local Government Area under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).

Ndubuisi, also former dean of Faculty of Engineering at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu State, was reportedly assassinated in Enugu State, along the Enugu Port-Harcourt Expressway, very close to the centenary city on Wednesday.

His killing comes barely three days after Ifeanyi Okeke, chief executive officer of AutoEase company, was murdered in the presence of his 7-year-old son along brick estate.

Ndubuisi was shot alongside his police orderly by yet to be identified gunmen in his official vehicle marked “SEDI 26D 02FG”.

ASP Daniel Ndukwe, public relations officer, Enugu State Police, said who confirmed the incident said, “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.

Ndukwe said that “meanwhile, preliminary investigation has commenced. Further development will be duly communicated, please.”