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Gunmen stormed APC rally in Imo

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1 year ago

February 7, 2023

Stella Charles Akupue

Gunmen stormed APC rally in Imo

Omuma is the community of the governor of the state, Senator Hope Uzodimma.

Heavily armed gunmen, carrying sophisticated weapons on Monday, stormed the venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Omuma, Oru East local government area of Imo state and disrupted its activities.

An eyewitness who spoke to our correspondent said the gunmen arrived at the scene in five Hilux vans, carrying refined weapons and gas bottles and started shooting sporadically, putting the APC followers on the run.

Gunmen storm APC rally in Imo and Disrupt campaign

“They later marched into the arena and destroyed all the canopies mounted there, confiscated all the phones abandoned by the owners, destroyed the generator being used to power the place and the vehicle of APC leader in Oru East local government area, Hon Onyekachi Ojiegbe,” he said.

However, all efforts to get the Imo Police Command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, to react to the incident proved abortive as his line was not connecting.

Gunmen kill APC chairperson, abduct others in Imo

The latest happening arose days after gunmen beheaded the sole administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area of the state. Gunmen have killed a ward chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okwe, a community in Onuimo Local Government of Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east.

The victim, Christian Ihim, was killed when the gunmen invaded his residence on Tuesday night. He served as the chairperson of the Umuchoke Ward in the council area. The attackers, after killing him, abducted five other chieftains of the APC in the community.

Sources said the hoodlums shot repeatedly through the night, forcing many residents to flee. The gunmen also invaded Okwelle, a neighbouring community and abducted a female member of the APC identified as Onyinyechi Egenti.

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