A middle-aged man was during the
weekend, allegedly shot by men of the Nigeria police attached to the former
Governor of Abia state, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu at Amafia Iheochiwa in Arochukwu
Local Government Area of the State.
The victim’s name was given as
Ogbonnaya Eke, according to an eyewitness. The eyewitness also revealed that
the victim was in a critical condition at the Federal Medical Centre in
Umuahia.
According to the eyewitness, who
gave his name as Abraham, an indigene of Iheochiwa clan, narrated “The APC
campaign train stopped over at Amafia Ihechiowa to address the locals. As Orji
Kalu was addressing the people and making campaign promises, the youths
question what he did to the people of Ihechiowa as Abia Governor of Abia North
Extraction for eight years.
“One of the youth said you
promise to deliver the Ihechiowa rig road and failed. We can not trust a man
who was Governor for eight years and did nothing. At that point, the youths
started booing him.
“The police officers attached to
the campaign train started shooting randomly. A middle-aged man was hit and was
immediately rushed to FMC Umuahia. He is in critical condition”.
Meanwhile, Media Adviser to the
former Abia state Governor, Maduka Okoro, in a phone interview on Monday said ”
We did not shoot anybody to dead as being reported by online media platforms.
“I want to tell you that due to
the benevolence of Orji Kalu, he visited the young man at the Federal Medical
Centre(FMC) on Saturday to see the man and how he (victim) is recuperating.
“So, none of the police officers
attached to His Excellency, Orji Kalu shot anybody dead. I know the opposition
want to politicize it”.
The Public Relation Officer of Abia
State Police command, Jeofrey Ogbonna when contacted on Monday, said, “The
incident has not been reported to the state command. None of our men shot
anybody”.
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