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Gunmen Assassinate Labour Party House of Assembly Candidate In Imo [PHOTO]

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2 years ago

Dec 16, 2022.

A Labour Party House of Assembly Candidate has been murdered in Imo state.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Labour Party State House of Assembly Candidate for Onuimo LGA in Imo state, Hon. Christopher Eleghu, has been assassinated by unknown gunmen.

Hon. Eleghu, aka WASCO, was murdered in his home late Thursday night.

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His assailants also burnt down his house and cars. This sad development is coming amidst a recent resurgence of attacks by suspected members of the Eastern Security Network(ESN) and IPOB.

The victim, according to a source, was killed while on his way home after a campaign rally at Umuowa community in Ngor Okpala.

It was gathered that the assailants trailed the LP candidate in an unmarked vehicle from the venue of the rally, shot him at a junction and abandoned his corpse.

Some of his supporters who were in the same car with him sustained injuries from the attack and are currently receiving treatment in a hospital.

In the same vein, another indigene of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Bennett Nnaji, popularly known as “Coach”, hails from Umuekwune Umuorisha in
Umuohiagu Autonomous Community was also murdered by unidentified gunmen.

Nnaji, 54, was killed at Umuowa, a few meters away from the Airport Junction, along Aba road while returning home from his maternal home, Ndiama Ulakwo, in Owerri North Local Government Area.

The father of three, who resides in Abuja, was in the village for the elections, Daily Trust gathered.

Reacting to the incident, the governorship candidate of LP in Imo State, Barrister Ngozi Olehi, said that he received news of the death of the candidate with shock.