Imo Assembly Labour Party Candidate Killed By Suspected Assassins

The Labour Party candidate for Onuimo Local Government Area in the Imo State House of Assembly, Christopher Elehu, has been killed.

Reports obtained by Naija News on Friday revealed that the politician was killed today by some unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins.

The assailants also reportedly set ablaze Elehu’s residence and destroyed his properties, including a motorcycle.

The gunmen who were said to be on a rampage reportedly visited the houses of other politicians in the area but met their absences. The PUNCH said their gunshot lasted for over two hours without restriction.

“They have killed Christopher Elehu, popularly known as Wasco. Until his death he was the Labour Party candidate in Onuimo Local Government Area. They invaded his house when everybody had gone to sleep and shot for over two hours.

“They killed the man and burnt his house. They also destroyed his property. His corpse was laying on the floor with matchet cuts when villagers gathered in the morning,” a source who pleaded anonymity told the news platform.

Naija News understands that the latest incident is coming barely two weeks after the Labour Party candidate in a sister LGA, Okigwe, Chukwunonye Irouno, died suddenly.

Irouno who was bid to anchor LP’s presidential campaign rally in the state, slumped a night to the occasion. He was rushed to Federal Medical Center in Owerri, where he was pronounced dead.

However, the state police command is yet to issue an official statement on the latest incident.