The Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Oyibo Chukwu has been killed.
This is coming about three days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
According to reports Chukwu was set ablaze alongside other party members late Wednesday evening at Amaechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Unidentified gunmen were said to have accosted them while riding in a Sienna vehicle and shot at the occupants before setting the vehicle ablaze.
Oyibo and five other members of the party were said to have been affected.
Confirming the report, the governorship candidate of the LP, Chijioke Edeoga, said the gunmen shot him inside his vehicle with five other people with him and set the car ablaze.
He said, “It is true that our senatorial candidate for Enugu East senatorial district for Saturday’s election has been killed. They shot him and five others and set them ablaze.
“Our party members are being targeted for assassination by political parties that felt threatened by the rise of the Labour Party in the state and are afraid they may lose the Saturday’s election.”
Similarly, a campaign vehicle belonging to a House of Representatives member, Hon. Offor Chukwuegbo was also said to have been set ablaze within the same axis. Chukwuegbo is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Enugu North/South Federal Constituency.
It is unclear the number of casualties recorded in the attack, but the driver of the mini-bus was reportedly killed.
The police are yet to issue a statement on the two incidents.
