Ex-APC Chair Responds To Rumour IPOB Responsible For Murder Of Colleagues

Ex-APC Chair Responds To Rumour IPOB Responsible For Murder Of Colleagues

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Immediate past chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Ben Nwoye has expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of two APC members, which includes the Assistant State Youth Leader, Kelvin Ezeoha, and Chidera Ogaba in Enugu last Tuesday.

Apart from the two persons killed, several members of the party also sustained various degrees of injuries during the attack, even as one of the injured victim who was shot on the chest is still in critical condition at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching hospital Parkland Enugu.

Nwoye who said he holds a different view over comments in some quarters that members of the outlawed Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), may be responsible for the attack and murder of two chieftains of APC, stated that the killings were politically-motivated.

He stressed that the meeting took place after people observed the sit-at-home directive of the IPOB.

“People say it was as a result of sit- at home, but I have different view on that because, I passed through the meeting location at about 6 O’clock that evening, and shops were opened, the Eke Otu market was on, vehicles were moving.

“Besides, the late Kelvin is not from that Obeagu ward 3, but as I was told, he was pressured to attend the meeting to show support.

“He arrived when the meeting had almost ended, and immediately he entered the venue, the gun men surfaced and shot him dead on a close range, while the other person died on their way to the hospital,” Vanguard quotes Nwoye as saying.

The federal Commissioner however, urged security agencies to look beyond enforcers of sit-at-home and do comprehensive investigations with a view to unraveling those behind the criminal acts.

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