Nigeria has lost another promising youth to cold-blood murder in the united States.
He was Alexander Nwogu, shot dead five months after graduating in Industrial System Engineering at the Virginia Tech.
“It is a tragic loss of a very promising life. I would say that he was a perfect blend of studiousness, seriousness and fun. He knew what he wanted and he was going to go after it and he had direction, for sure. But he also was lighthearted and could be very funny,”
said Charlie Klauer, an associate professor who advised Nwogu on his senior project.
Reports add that the 23-year-old had just been hired as a tech consultant with a Northern Virginia firm, Ernst and Young, before he was murdered around 1:30 a.m. at the Shell gas station in the 4900 block of Connecticut Avenue, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
A police report said Nwogu suffered blunt trauma to the back of his head and a single gunshot wound to the middle of his back.
