Cape Town – Rising Nollywood actress Chiemeke Ngozi was on Wednesday shot dead by unknown gunmen at Boji boji Owa in Ika North East Local Council of Delta State, Nigeria, reports say.
According to The Guardian, sources said they heard gunshots, but before they could get to the scene, the gunmen had already fled the area.
The motive for the killing remained unknown.
The incident was reported to the police, Politics Nigeria said, adding that the body was taken to a local mortuary.
“The young woman was killed by unknown men but efforts are on to arrest the perpetrators,” the report quoted the police as saying.
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