Anthony Eze, a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra state's Faculty of Education, was shot and killed.
Gunmen reportedly broke into Eze's home early on Tuesday and started shooting at him as he was purportedly dropping his kids off at school.
Sources claim that the deceased tried to run away but was pursued and shot dead.
According to a local source, the shooters arrived in a Toyota Corolla salon car.
“We were here this morning when Dr Eze was driving out of his house and suddenly a Toyota Corolla salon car pulled towards the entrance of his house and when he tried to drive back, they followed him and shot him in the chest. We ran away.
“We rushed him to the General Hospital, Amaku, and the doctor at the hospital confirmed that he was dead,” the witness stated.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the command had not got information about the incident.
He however promised to get back to our reporter.