Emmanuel Noel Tochukwu Unegbu, an Imo-born U.S-based show biz promoter, killed in his hotel room

EMMANUEL Noel Tochukwu Unegbu, an indigene of Imo State, was talented in show-biz entertainment and promotion. After his education in Nigeria, he did not want to wander in other professions where his future was not assured. He found his talent early in life and decided to actualize it fully in an advanced country where he could acquire enough state of -the -art musical and show business equipment. He then proceeded to the United States some years ago to fulfill his ambition. 

His effort was not in vain as he made some fortune there. He has also been visiting his home state as desired to carry out such businesses. At a time he became the darling of the Imo State Government that invited him to come and exhibit his talent and get paid for it.
Ironically, with his new prospects at home, Tochukwu never knew that enemies were planning how to snuff life out of him.
According to friends, he was liberal and cheerful, only carrying out what he knew best with dexterity.
The Guardian gathered that he was invited by a top government official at the Government House, Owerri to perform to the admiration of a cross -section of audience at the celebration of the 38 years of the creation of Imo State, at the Ahiajoku Convention Centre, New Owerri, about a fortnight ago.
He came as requested, the event took place on February 3, and he participated in the ceremony. After the joyous ceremony, Unegbu proceeded to his hotel room situated at Amakoihia, a sprawling area in Owerri, capital city of Imo State. In fact, the hotel is the same in which a famous veteran Nollywood actor, Sam Loco Efe, passed on mysteriously on August 6, 2011.
The deceased had organized the "Imo Got A Talent" show in 2012. That outing, sources told The Guardian, led to a talent hunt that identified more talented Imo show business entertainers.
The U.S based show biz entrepreneur who owned Prince Noel Promotions USA/Nigeria, was in his hotel room, in the early hours of last week Tuesday when unknown gunmen released bullets into his head and other parts of his body, disappearing into thin air without anyone apprehending them.
No one could explain how it happened, but a source told The Guardian that there had been a mild cry within the vicinity before the lifeless body of the show promoter was discovered when his room was opened. Two persons suspected of the crime had escaped.
Tochukwu's body was still lying in a pool of his own blood when he was finally taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, according to police sources at the Police Shell Camp, Owerri. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mrs. Joy Elemoke, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), who confirmed the incident, also said the Command has begun investigation into the matter.
The governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has decried the killing. He was particularly enraged that the dastardly act happened at a period when the state government was celebrating low crime rate, including reduced cases of kidnapping, among others, that such incident that looked like contract -assassination could take place.
Okorocha urged both the police and security agencies in the state to ensure that the killers of Unegbu were caught, describing the killers as "heinous and callous."
He said the perpetrators of the act would be hunted, apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law.
In fact, friends of the deceased, after the gruesome murder, described Unegbu as a "harmless person while still alive."
Sources told The Guardian that post-mortem exercise had commenced to ascertain how he was killed, among other clues.
In Imo State, people are discussing the "high- profile killing," and people have become more careful again with the awareness of killers on the prowl.