Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have killed the Labour Party LP candidate for Onuimo Local Government Area for the Imo State House of Assembly, Christopher Elehu.
Apart from killing him, the gunmen also set his country home ablaze and destroyed his property including a motorcycle.
It was gathered that the suspects struck in the early hours of Friday and shot for over two hours.
It was learnt that the gunmen, who were on rampage, also visited the houses of other politicians in the area but met their absences.
A source who doesn’t want to be mentioned said, “They have killed Christopher Elehu, popularly known as Wasco. Until his death, he was the Labour Party candidate in Onuimo Local Government Area. They invaded his house when everybody had gone to sleep and shot for over two hours.
“They killed the man and burnt his house. They also destroyed his property. His corpse was lying on the floor with matchet cuts when villagers gathered in mourning.”
The killing of the politician came just 10 days after the LP candidate in a sister LGA, Okigwe, Chukwunonye Irouno, died suddenly. The Punch