Gunmen suspected to be assassins in the early hours of
Friday murdered, Sunny Ejiagwu, the All Progressives Congress chairman in
Ideato North Local Government of Imo state.
Ejiagwu, popularly known as Ohaneze was one of the 27 LGAs
chairmen inaugurated on Monday by the new state chairman, Daniel Nwafor, after
the state APC rescheduled election as ordered by the court.
The state commissioner of police, Dasuki Galandanchi, who
confirmed the murder to our correspondent in a telephone conversation, said
that the corpse had been evacuated to a nearby mortuary.
According to the CP, the politician was killed along the
Akokwa road in the Ideato North LGA .
The CP said “the APC chairman in Ideato North has been
murdered. I was at the scene of the crime and only came back. His corpse has
been evacuated to a mortuary.
There is no preliminary suspicion but the investigator would
find out. The blood of the innocent
would expose them.”
Briefing newsmen at the state party secretariat, APC state
chairman, Nwafor, said that the killing was condemnable.
He said that political killings and violence has no place in
a democracy.
Nwafor said; “The killing is condemnable because APC preaches peace and political tolerance.
People should practice politics without bitterness and violence.
The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria guarantees
freedom of association.
We, therefore, call on the Inspector General of police to
press on the commissioner of police to nab the culprits. Imo is a peaceful
state and an example of how politics should be played.
The deceased was in our meeting on Thursday and he expressed
concern about political violence in his area. He told us that his area is
volatile and called on us to come to his rescue when the need arises.
From the information made available to me, he was
double-crossed and when he tried to move back he fell into the gutter. His
killers went there and shot him severely. “
