The convoy of Oforchukwu Egbo, the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), house of representatives candidate for Enugu north/south federal
constituency, was on Wednesday, attacked by gunmen.
The incident was said to have occurred at Eke-Otu in Amechi
Awkunanaw in Enugu south LGA of the
state.
The assailants reportedly burnt one of the drivers in the
convoy to death.
The development comes hours after gunmen killed Oyibo
Chukwu, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Enugu east senatorial
district.
Daniel Ndukwe, the police spokesperson in Enugu, confirmed
the attack in a statement shared on Thursday.
“The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed
Ammani, fdc, has ordered the intensification of the discreet investigations and
manhunt of the subversive criminal elements, suspected to be IPOB/ESN
renegades, who in the night hours of 22/02/2023 at different locations,
ambushed and simultaneously attacked and murdered People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) and Labour Party (LP) members, and also attempted to attack the convoy of
the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate. The Commissioner
stated this after visiting the scenes of the incidents the same night at
Topland by Ebony Paint Road and Eke-Otu both in Amechi-Awkunanaw, Enugu,” the
statement reads.
“The Commissioner, while strongly condemning the barbaric
acts, has commiserated with the Parties and family members of the deceased,
vowing to ensure that the perpetrators are fished out and made to face the full
wrath of the law. He, therefore, reaffirms the undiluted commitment of the
Police and other Security Agencies to emplace adequate security for peaceful
and credible elections in the State, while urging the citizens not to succumb
to the cowardly antics of the hoodlums, which is aimed at creating fear and to
disrupt the electoral process.
“Meanwhile, preliminary
investigations into the incidents show that the armed hoodlums, operating in a
tricycle, attacked a PDP campaign Mini Bus at Topland by Ebony Paint Road,
Amechi-Awkunanaw Enugu and used a petrol bomb to set it ablaze, burning to
death its driver, simply identified as one KC Great (male).
“In a similar fashion, another set of the same armed
assailants, operating in a Hilux vehicle, attacked and set ablaze the campaign
vehicle of the Labour Party, at Eke-Otu Amechi-Awkunanaw Enugu, burning to death
the Party’s Senatorial Candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Barr.
Oyibo Chukwu (male) and his Personal Assistant (male) were with him in the
vehicle. However, the miscreants were repelled by Security Operatives while
attempting to also attack the convoy of the Governorship Candidate of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) at Eke, Agbani, Nkanu West LGA.”
The police spokesperson added that normalcy has been
restored in the affected areas.
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