ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Labour Party candidate for Onuimo Local Government Area in the Imo State House of Assembly, Christopher Elehu, has been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins on Friday.
According to The Punch, the gunmen also set his country home ablaze and destroyed his property, including a motorcycle.
It was gathered that the suspects struck in the early hours of Friday and shot for over two hours.
The gunmen, who were on a rampage, visited the houses of other politicians in the area but met their absences.
A source who spoke in confidence said: “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.”
The killing of the politician came ten days after the LP candidate in a sister LGA, Okigwe, Chukwunonye Irouno, suddenly died.
Before his death, Irouno was bid to anchor LP’s presidential campaign rally in the state.
He slumped a night to the occasion, and was rushed to Federal Medical Center in Owerri where he was pronounced dead.
Meanwhile, the Police in Imo State had not issued a statement statement about the incidentas at press time.