Fleeing gunmen have assassinated the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ife/ Akpodim/ chokoneze ward in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, Chiedoziem Anyanwu.
Anyanwu was shot dead on Thursday by gunmen operating on a motorcycle, our correspondent was told on Thursday.
According to sources, on arrival at his house, his killers mentioned his name and requested to see him.
His wife called him that some persons were looking for him. On identifying he was the one, they shot him dead.
His killers made sure he was dead before they fled the scene.
One of the sources said ” the chairman of PDP In Ife/ Akpodim/ chokoneze ward in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area has been killed. He was shot dead before his wife by gunmen who requested to see him.
” The development has brought an uneasy calm with the fold of the PDP in the state. The slain party chairman was vibrant. Nobody knew why he was killed.”
When contacted, the Director General of the New Media of the PDP in the state, Lancelot Obiaku, confirmed the killing.
He however called for the arrest and prosecution of the fleeing suspects.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that he had not been briefed on the killing.
He however said that he was going to make an inquiry and resort to our correspondent but he had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
Source: Newsman.com.ng
