Unknown gunmen have assassinated a chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State Ifeanyi Ozoemena. Ozoemena is the APC chairman in Logara/Umuohiagu Ward in Ngor Okpala Council Area of the state.
He was murdered in his house on Tuesday night shortly after he reportedly presided over a meeting of the party in the ward. Imo State Commissioner of Police Dasuki Galadanchi confirmed Ozoemena’s death. Galadanchi said the murderers operated in an SUV Jeep. He added that police have evacuated the corpse while an investigation is ongoing.
A community leader, Martin Opara, who also confirmed the killing, said the community had never witnessed such political killing. He urged the security agencies to arrest the killers of the APC chieftain without delay.
Meanwhile, the police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Alhaji Yakubu Dauda, Village Head of Sabon Gida-Barkin Kogi in Lafia Local Government Area by unidentified gunmen. ASP Samaila Usman, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command confirmed the incident to journalists in Lafia.
Usman said that the monarch was abducted from his house at about 1:25 am on Monday. According to him, the abductors came to the house, shot sporadically before whisking the village head away to an unknown destination.
“When the incident was reported, the Commissioner of Police Bola Longe, visited the village and directed for his rescue. “The search and rescue team comprising Police Mobile Force, Special Anti-Robbery Squad as well as local hunters and vigilante groups are combing the bushes around the area,” he said.
He said the police have also beefed up security in the area and all roads linking other villages and towns such as Assakio, Obi and Lafia. He said the command would not relent until the victim was rescued, and the culprits arrested and brought to justice.
