Chiedoziem Anyanwu, the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze Ward in Imo State’s Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area, has been slain by gunmen.
According to information gathered by our correspondent, Anyanwu was fatally shot on Thursday by assailants riding a motorcycle.
According to accounts, when his killers arrived at his house, they announced his name and asked to see him. They killed him after recognizing him as the one.
His assassins were claimed to have made certain he was dead before fleeing the area.
One of the sources said,
“The chairman of the PDP in Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze ward in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area has been killed. He was shot dead in his wife’s presence by gunmen who requested to see him.
“The development has brought an uneasy calm to the fold of the PDP in the state. The slain party chairman was vibrant. Nobody knew why he was killed.”
When contacted, the Director General of the New Media of the PDP in the state, Lancelot Obiaku, confirmed the killing.