One killed as Ebonyi PDP Council primaries turn bloody
The victim, Enyinnaya Ibiam, who was a Staff of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Uwanna, Afikpo North Local government area, was shot to death by an unknown member of a rival group of the party in the area.
The witness, who spoke to on condition of anonymity for fear of victimisation, said there was a clash between two groups at the venue of the councillorship election at Uwana where armed thugs shot sporadically into the air to scare away voters. He added that it took the intervention of the police who stormed the area and stopped them.
“But later when the police left, the coordinator was said to have pulled out a gun and shot at his brother who is opposing his preferred candidate but fortunately he dodged the bullet and the bullet hit Ibiam who was standing at his back.” The husband of the victim, Chukwudi Nweke a worker at the Ebonyi State Broadcasting Corporation, EBBC, who spoke to journalists said a youth leader in Ishielu local government led the attack on his wife.“They beat her up, stripped her naked and collected all her belongings including the originals of her credentials, her PDP nomination form, my laptop and many other personal things including N110,000,” Mr Nweke said.
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