SUSPECTED gunmen have killed a popular radio presenter and Master of Ceremonies, Itiat Zion, in Calabar, Cross River state.
According to CrossRiverWatch, late Itiat Zion anchored major Efik traditional marriages among other events.
It was gathered that Zion was killed close to a popular hotel located along the Murtala Mohamed highway on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
He was said to be waiting by the roadside to get a vehicle back home when his assailants came out of a vehicle and butchered him to death.
A source in the neighbourhood said Zion’s assailants were men who alighted from a vehicle and carried out the action,
The boys just came out from a vehicle and butchered him to death.
His colleague and popular Efik MC, Koko Dear, who went to pick his corpse at the morgue, said that the murder may be a case of mistaken Identity.
Late Zion, together with Koko Dear and others presented a popular Efik programme, “Uwem Ye Ido” on FAD 93.1 FM Calabar.
Meanwhile, his fans have taken to social media to mourn Zion.
-IgbereTV
