JUST IN: Gunmen kill APC chairman in Imo

Gunmen have shot dead, an All Progressives Congress, APC, chairman in Logara/Umuohiagu ward in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo state, Mr. Ifeanyi Ozoemena.

Newsacross.com learnt, on Wednesday, that Ozoemena was shot dead on Tuesday night, two hours after he had finished presiding over a meeting of his party in the ward in preparation for the rescheduled Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

According to witnesses, the APC ward chairman was shot dead in his house, in the presence of his family members.

The vice chairman of Logara Development Union, Chief Martin Opara, who confirmed the killing to Newsacross.com , described it as unfortunate.