A man has been found dead inside his car in Anambra state.

According to eyewitnesses, the man was found dead in his red Toyota Camry car along Umunze road today January 4.

In a video shared online, a resident said the man recently returned home for Christmas and was killed by unknown persons.

The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident, said the vehicle was found along Umunze road, and that the deceased has been taken to the morgue, after a doctor pronounced him dead.

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“Today 04/1/2023, police recovered an abandoned red Toyota Camry vehicle with reg No AGL 525 GA found along Umunze road.

Immediate search was conducted in the vehicle, and the lifeless body of a young man with marks of violence and with suspected gunshot injury was found in the car.

Further inquiries made revealed that the victim is one Mr. Udoka Eze ‘M’ aged 50yrs from Iyiafor Village, Owerezukala.

The police however call on the witnesses of the incident to come forward with information that will assist in the ongoing investigation and patrols have been intensified in the area.”