United Kingdom-bound Nigerian, Wisdom Chukumerem, has been shot dead in Owerri.

The 30-year-old, who hailed from Awo Ommamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state, was shot three times in the chest by armed robbers at the World Bank junction roundabout in the state capital.

The father of two was said to be withdrawing money from a Point-of-Sale operator when his killers struck.

His immediate elder brother, Shedrack, after Police released the mortuary tally to him for burial, said his family was traumatised by the killing of his young brother.

The troubled 32-year-old said that the armed robbers who robbed the POS operator killed his brother after accusing him of calling Policemen to storm the scene.

He said that his brother's appeals to the armed robbers that he was not calling Policemen fell on deaf ears as they shot him dead on the spot.

Shedrack said his brother should have been travelling back to the UK by the first week of September before he was shot dead.