The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Logara/Umuohiagu Ward in Ngor Okpala Council Area of Imo State, Ifeanyi Ozoemena, has been assassinated.
Last year, gunmen had also murdered, Sunny Ejiagwu, the APC chairman in Ideato North Local Government of Imo State.
Ozoemena
was said to have been murdered on Tuesday night shortly after presiding over a meeting of the party in the ward.
The suspected hired assassins were said to have murdered him in his house right before his family members.
The Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, and community leader, Chief Martin Opara, confirmed the incident and said the community had been thrown into panic and mourning.
Opara urged the authorities to speedily identify the killers and bring them to justice.He said: “This killing is strange to our community. Report says that he was shot severally in his house until he died.“We have met with the Eze-in-council and have sent a delegation to the DPO requesting that the killers should be arrested immediately.“Logara community is known for peace and we won’t jeopardise peace among us.“The deceased finished hosting a meeting of APC members in his ward after which gunmen operating in a jeep came and requested to see him. On sighting him, they shot him severally before they left.”
