His killers were said to have ensured that he was dead before they fled from the scene.
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly killed Chiedoziem Anyanwu, the Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze Ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State in the South-East region of Nigeria.
Anyanwu was fatally shot on Thursday by gunmen who were riding a motorcycle.
Sources reportedly said that on arrival at his house, Anyanwu’s killers mentioned his name and requested to see him. On identifying him as the one, they shot him dead.
His killers were said to have ensured that he was dead before they fled from the scene.
One of the sources was quoted by PUNCH as saying that “The chairman of the PDP in Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze ward in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area has been killed. He was shot dead in his wife’s presence by gunmen who requested to see him.
“The development has brought an uneasy calm to the fold of the PDP in the state. The slain party chairman was vibrant. Nobody knew why he was killed.”
The Director General of the New Media of the PDP in the state, Lancelot Obiaku, who confirmed the incident called for the arrest and prosecution of the fleeing assailants.
However, the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, said that he had not been briefed on the killing.
Okoye however said that he was going to make an inquiry and revert to our correspondent, but at the time of filing this report, the police spokesperson has not reverted back as promised.