Gunmen kill APC chairperson, abduct others in Imo

The victim, Christian Ihim, was killed when the gunmen invaded his residence on Tuesday night.The attackers, after killing him, abducted five other chieftains of the APC in the community.The gunmen also invaded Okwelle, a neighbouring community and abducted a female member of the APC identified as Onyinyechi Egenti.

The slain chairman was a former aide to Emma Ibediro, the immediate past national organising Secretary of the APC. When contacted on Thursday, the police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES, but requested to be contacted via WhatsApp to provide details about the attack.The spokesperson of the APC in Imo State, Cajethan Duke, also confirmed the killing of the ward chairperson to this newspaper.

“I have confirmed that. It is true,” he said of the incident, adding that the details of the attack remain sketchy.“They also kidnapped five other chieftains . But out of the five kidnapped persons, they have released two of them,” the APC spokesperson said. Asked if ransom was paid to secure the release of the victims, Mr Duke said the information he received did not indicate that ransom was paid to the hoodlums.Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Imo State with frequent attacks by armed persons.

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