Awka: Rampaging Gunmen Kill Popular Media Personality, Isaac Nwosu

By Chuks Collins,

Awka Aug 31,2026

Yet to be identified three-man gang of assassins, suspected to be cultists, have k!lled a popular media personality in Awka, Anambra state capital.

The incident was confirmed in a statement by the state police command spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Monday.

The deceased, Isaac Nwosu, a popular broadcaster and comedian, was murdered on sunday along the SM Okeke street, Awka.

According to eye witness account, Aiza Nwosu, as the deceased was also known, was shot at point blank while driving on the street of the Anambra capital city of Awka.

He was said to have been shot alongside two other victims.

State Police Commissioner, Nnanna Oji Ama, had a closed-door strategic meeting with the command’s strategic and operational officers as part of ongoing efforts to reassess information from the public especially within Awka in order to strengthen security operations and sustain the fight against violent crime.

He has also paid a condolence visit to the family of late Nwosu.

In his reaction shortly after the visit, Ama vowed to fish out the assailants. 

Meanwhile, two other victims were shot dead along Capital City Road, Amaenyi area in Awka.

Eyewitnesses and residents believed the dastardly act. were cult related. According to one of the witnesses;

“The assailants, numbering about three and driving in a tinted vehicle, trailed the comedian from his home, double-crossed his vehicle and before attacking and shooting him dead.

“They left the victim in a pool of blood inside his car. As they drove some distance away, they also shot another victim dead by the roadside, dispossessed him of his belongings and fled.

“The assailants fired some shots into the air before leaving the scene in a commando-like manner, thereby creating tension in the area.

"After they left, the security operatives arrived at the scene and recovered the lifeless bodies of the victims.

“The security operatives later beefed up security around the areas following the incident.”

Some videos circulating online showed the lifeless bodies of the victims lying at different locations as onlookers gathered around the scenes.