An Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Staff has been reportedly shot dead by unknown gun in Ebonyi state.
Mr. Emmanuel Igwe was murdered along the Ivo Local Government Area axis of the State on Monday.
It was gathered that Mr. Igwe, an Assistant Electoral Officer in Afikpo North LGA, was waylaid and killed while on his way back from Abia State.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the victim’s wife (names withheld) was equally kidnapped on the process.
However, when contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO Ebonyi State Command, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya who revealed that the incident occurred on Sunday around mid-day, said the gunmen shot the victim through his car’s windscreen.
Explaining further, the police image maker stated that “we have began a manhunt for the assailants. We are hopeful that they will be apprehended. The victim was shot through the windscreen of his car “
Our reporter equally gathered that in recent times, the route linking Ivo axis of Ebonyi State through Okigwe has become a den for kidnappers masquerading as Fulani herdsmen.
Like many other bushy roads in the country, motorists are usually not seen on that route as they have chosen an alternative route to Imo, Abia and Enugu States.
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