Oyibo Chukwu, a Labour Senatorial Candidate, was on Wednesday evening shot dead in Enugu, witnesses said in a viral video.
This is coming about three days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Mr Chukwu, a barrister, was killed while on a campaign movement around Agbani in the state, reports said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which reportedly claimed other people in the campaign van. It was unclear how many people were in the vehicle.
JomogNews learnt that he was set ablaze alongside other party members late Wednesday evening at Amaechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Unidentified gunmen were said to have accosted them while riding in a Sienna vehicle and shot at the occupants before setting the vehicle ablaze.
“It is saddening; we learnt they were burnt alongside the campaign vehicle. I can’t speak further because I’m not his family member,” a highly placed source told DAILY POST.
Similarly, a campaign vehicle belonging to a House of Representatives member, Hon. Offor Chukwuegbo was also said to have been set ablaze within the same axis. Chukwuegbo is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Enugu North/South Federal Constituency.
It is unclear the number of casualties recorded in the attack, but the driver of the mini-bus was reportedly killed.
A spokesman for the police in Enugu did not immediately return a request seeking comments on the two incidents.
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