The All
Progressives Congress ward chairman of Logara/Umuohiagu, Ngor Okpala council
area of Imo State, Ifeanyi Ozoemema, has been shot dead. He was killed on
Tuesday night by yet-unidentifed assailants.
Daily Sun learnt that Ozoemema
was shot two hours after presiding over a meeting of his party in the ward, in
preparation for the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly polls on
Saturday, February 23.
It was equally gathered that
the assailants shot the deceased several times in the presence of helpless
members of his family and made sure he was dead before they fled.
Confirming the incident, the
vice chairman of Logara Development Union, Chief Martin Opara, said that the
community had been gripped by panic and mourning.
According to him, the community
has never witnessed such a dastardly act, and he appealed to the security
agencies to urgently fish out the killers.
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