The youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obegu Ward, Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State, Hon Celestine Egbuaba, has been murdered
“The attackers got hold of the youth leader and others and were interrogating him about the recent empowerment money he received from the state government. The youth leader pleaded with them to spare his life but all his pleas fell on deaf ears as one of them instructed the others to waste him.
The source also revealed that some members of the community who ran into them while the attack was going on were also attacked and many of them sustained various degrees of injuries while others escaped. Hon Onwe disclosed that after the killing of the youth leader, the gunmen also called the Obegu ward party chairman in the local government, Hon Ede Christian Michael, threatening to also deal with him.
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