Graphic photos: Man brutally assassinated in broad daylight in Benin

A yet-to-be identified man was gruesomely murdered by unknown gunmen at Siluko road, Benin yesterday Friday, February 10th.

Facebook user, Sochima Nweke, who witnessed the horrible incident said the victim and his family – wife & baby son – were driving in a white Hilux van when it was overtaken and blocked by about 4 assassins, heavily armed with Ak-47s.

The men opened fire and rained bullets into the victim, killing him instantly. The wife of the deceased escaped unharmed but their baby son was shot.

Below is a full account of the occurrence as written by Nweke: VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW. The man is reportedly an Etisalat director.

I was driving along siluko road in benin city, close to oliha market , with this white hilux vehicle far far ahead of me, suddenly a black toyota highlander overtook,me a high
speed, while i was wondering wat kind of speed dat highlander was on , the next tin i saw , same highlander double crossed this white toyota hilux 2016:model ,while i held my brakes, to observe wats happening btw those two vehicles, only for me to see 4 men on black and black, steped down from d highlander, with heavy ak 47, opened fire on dis hilux van, blew d passengers side front tire, sprayed bullets allover dese hilux, den one of dem went to these man driving the hilux, opened his door and finished him up , immediately they zoomed off, while all dese all dese has happened, people who ran for dere dear life started comming out wen d police at 45 division came to d scene,i went dere to discover that d man who was assasinated happens to be d director of Etisalat benin city, with his wife and little kid inside, d little boy was shot, while his wife was lucky to have missed d bullet , bcos she was at d back sit