Outcry as armed men gun down groom, little son dead in Delta State

In what was supposed to be a day of joy and happiness for a new family, a wedding event ended abruptly as gunmen shot dead the groom and his son in Delta.

TopNaija reports that the heinous crime happened in the late hours on Thursday in Udu, a community in the Udu Local Government Area of Delta.

According to reports, the groom had earlier in the day had his traditional marriage a success, and people were still around when the gunmen arrived and killed him.

At about 6:00 pm the assailants arrived and disrupted the event, gunning down the groom and his little child to death.

In the course of disruption, scared traders, shop owners, and residents took to their heels as some fled the area for fear of concurrent attacks.

As the individual responsible for the attack remains yet unknown, the incident was reported to the Ovwian Police Division for further investigation.

Meanwhile, the two corpses were reported to have been deposited in an undisclosed morgue in Udu town.

However, the Police Public Relations Officer for Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe, was not on the ground at the time to confirm the incident.