President Jonathan’s Official Photographer, Callistus Ewelike, Shot By Gunmen

Mr. Callistus Ewelike, the president's official photographer, was on Monday night shot by unknown gunmen in Abuja. Ewelike, a photojournalist with the News Agency of Nigeria is attached to the State House, Abuja, and he is currently acting as the President's official photographer. He was reportedly shot at a close range in front of his house in Nyanya in the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, between 10pm and 11pm on returning to his house after filing the photographs he took during Jonathan's visit to Shape Community in the FCT, where the President inaugurated the Operation Light Up Rural Nigeria Project.


Ewelike was rushed by his neighbours to the National Hospital, Abuja, where medical doctors as of Tuesday were attending to him.


Medical reports show that the bullet that entered through his neck was lodged at a spot close to his shoulder.