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Slain LP Candidate’s Murder Sparks Protest In Enugu As Residents Demand Justice
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Enugu Residents have taken to the streets to demand justice for slain LP candidate, Oyibo Chukwu.
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Just a few days before the national assembly and presidential election, Chukwu was tragically murdered.
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Enraged residents of Enugu, regardless of political affiliation, are currently demanding that justice be served for Chukwu’s murder and that his case must not be ignored.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Enugu State’s residents who are deeply concerned have called for justice to be served in the case of the murdered Barrister Oyibo Chukwu, who was a senatorial candidate for the Labour Party in the Enugu East district.
Chukwu was murdered a few days before the Presidential and National Assembly election.
Angry residents of Enugu, across party divides, are now demanding that his death must not be swept under the carpet.
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Led by the immediate past Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Ben Nwoye, they said Chukwu, who was brutally murdered alongside five others by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, must get justice.
The protesters, clad in black attires, called for an end to political killings in the state.
Nwoye said what we are demanding is nothing but, “justice over the death of Barrister Chukwu who was brutally murdered on the 22nd of February on his way back from campaign.”
He said the Amurri people have lost a rare gem who had contributed meaningfully to the development of the area.
“We are calling for an investigation into his murder; our demand is that the perpetrators should be brought to book,” he further stated.
The concerned citizens carried placards with various inscriptions such as: “we demand justice for Oyibo Chukwu”, “What has our brother done to be murdered like a goat”, “Enugu State has wasted our brother without recourse”.
They were at the premises of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, the State High Court, as well as several other strategic locations in the state capital.
Some of the protesters, who spoke to journalists, were embittered about the gruesome killing of the former chairman of NBA Oji River branch.
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Another protester, who gave his name as Mr. Kenneth Egbo, said: “Today it is Oyibo Chukwu, tomorrow who knows who will be the next?”
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