A Councilor, Nelson Sylvester, popularly known as Ofunwa,
representing Eha-Ulo ward, in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council,
Enugu State, has been shot dead.
It was learnt that the lawmaker was murdered by gunmen on
Sunday night at his residence in Eha-Alumonah.
Although details of the incident are still sketchy, a
competent source disclosed that the assailants stormed the lawmaker’s house and
started raining bullets on him.
He added that the Councilor ran into a neighbouring
compound, from where his lifeless body was later recovered.
The development has sparked tension in the town and other
neighbouring communities.
The source, who described the suspected assassination as one
too many, added that “it is heartbreaking; it is too hard for us to swallow. We
are in deep agony.”
More to come…
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