Youths protest the killing of a medical practitioner in Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State WHEN Dr. Emmanuel Chinonyerem Nwishi of Eziala Ogwu, Nguru, Aboh Mbaise Local Council of Imo State graduated from Abia State University, Uturu, with flying colours, in Medicine, he had high hopes of practising the profession with passion and serve humanity. These hopes, however, were dashed, on Monday, February 5, 2013. He was shot and killed by hoodlums as he returned home from the hospital, with his new car, Camry Spider, with Registration Number ABJ 628AT. Born in the 1970s, the late Nwishi had established a clinic known as Chinemerem Clinic, located at Ahiara Junction, Ahiazu Mbaise Local Council. He was also known and loved very well by his people because of his devotion to his duty. According to sources, “It was on Monday, February 5, at about 9.00 p.m., After Nwishi had closed for the day after attending to his patients and decided to go home in his new car, Camry Spider, with Registration Number ABJ 628 AT, that he was shot. Reports had it that two young men, riding in a motorcycle, were trailing him. He diverted into a popular television viewing centre at Nkwogwu Nguru Market Square in Aboh Mbaise Local Council, a few meters to his country home, just to avoid them. “The men were said to have accosted him, demanding for the key to his vehicle. Within seconds, he was shot by the men, who dispersed into thin air. Nwishi slumped in his own pool of blood. “He was rushed to a nearby hospital but unfortunately, the hospital’s management rejected him. “He was taken to Holy Rosary Hospital, Emekuku, Owerri North Local Council of Imo State. By this time, he had gone into comma and later died. Until his death, he was undergoing a specialist course in Family Medicine at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri. His elder brother, Chief Tony Nwishi, who spoke with some sympathizers, said their hopes were dashed. Said he: “We have lost an amiable brother, the people’s doctor. We are devastated by this ugly incident. Our brother was not a politician. He was not a businessman. We are wondering why he was killed in such a manner. We are handing everything to God that those who committed such crime would be exposed.” Meanwhile, scores of rampaging youths from the area, staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday, carrying various placards and leaves, protesting the gruesome killing of one of their illustrious sons. They also asked the government and the law enforcement and security agencies to quickly fish out his killers. The protest allegedly, later, turned violent along the ever-busy Owerri- Umuahia Road. Vehicles were smashed and some property torched by the protesters. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the area, Mr. Fidelis Amadi, said the matter had been reported to the state command for necessary action, adding that: “it was a murder matter, which required the cooperation of the public in supplying the police with information to track down the killers.” Community leaders in the area have appealed to the youths not to destroy property or cause more harm, since the late doctor was man of peace. GUARDIAN