Two politicians have been reportedly killed by gunmen in Abia State between Sunday and Monday evening.....
One the deceased, simply identified as Bisha B, was said to be a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.
It was gathered that Bisha B was APGA’s
first campaign organisation for Ward 7 in the Isiala Ngwa North Local
Government Area of Abia State.
A House of Assembly aspirant from the area, identified as Ihuoma Ezechi, who took to his Facebook account to announce the death of the deceased, described Bisha B as a nice man.
He stated, “My heart bleeds as Bisha B,
my ‘boy’, was murdered in cold blood and his body dropped on the road in
Ntigha by unknown enemies.
“You were a very nice and peaceful
‘boy’. They have killed and dumped you in the dark, but the all-knowing
and all-seeing God saw everything and must expose them in due course.
Fare thee well my Oku-Uguru ‘boy’.
“It’s a pity you didn’t live to see our
dream of APGA taking over Abia State and my declaration as the member
representing Isiala Ngwa North in the State House of Assembly come true.
I promise to remember and mourn you forever as long as I live. Sleep
well my ‘boy’,” Ezechi wrote on Facebook.
The second person that was mowed down by
unknown hoodlums was identified as Mr Okechukwu Obisike, an Assistant
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ezere Ward 2, in the
Isikwuato Local Government Area of the state.
A source, who did not want to be named, told Southern City News that Obisike was murdered along Oriendu Amune Ovim on Monday at about 8.30pm by some unknown men.
The source said the reason for his
murder was still unknown, adding that members of the deceased’s family
were still in shock over his death.
The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in
Abia State, Chief Don Ubani, confirmed the incident, saying it was
unfortunate that the party lost one of its committed members in such a
gruesome manner.
He lamented that members of the
opposition party in the Abia North Senatorial District had become
unnecessarily confrontational in recent times.
He said, “Billboards belonging to our
party members have been destroyed in the zone by members of opposition
parties. We plead with them to play the politics of civility because the
PDP is a very decent party.”
When the Commissioner of Police in the
State, Mr. Anthony Ogbizi, was contacted, he said the police would
investigate the incidents to ascertain what led to the deaths.
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