- Halimah Olamide
The candidate of the Labour Party for Enugu East Senatorial District Barr Oyibo Chukwu has been shot dead.
Chukwu was sad to be returning from his campaign when gunmen who appeared to have laid ambush for him struck.
He was killed on the spot while his driver, whose name is yet to known was burnt in the car they were traveling in.
The killing has taken place just three days to election.
His opponent for the Senatorial election are former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party and Ada Ogbu of the All Progressive Congress.
In its immediate response the Social Economic Accountability Project said the government must find his killers.
“The Buhari administration must promptly investigate the reported killing of the Labour Party candidate for Enugu East Senatorial district, Oyibo Chukwu in Enugu while returning from a campaign trip. The perpetrators must be immediately arrested and prosecuted,” the group stated late Wednesday
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