Gunmen kill INEC staff, abduct wife along Ishiagu-Mpu Road
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ebonyi.
The victim, Emmanuel Igwe, an assistant electoral officer, AEO, was killed along the Ishiagu axis of the Ishiagu-Mpu Road on Sunday evening while returning from Anambra state.
The wife was also reportedly abducted by the hoodlums.
SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the spokesperson for the police, who confirmed the incident on Monday in Abakaliki, said that a detachment of tactical team from the Command had been sent for a manhunt for the criminals.
She said: “Yes, there was an attack where one person was shot in the head through the windscreen and nothing was taken from the vehicle and the other victim was a farmer working on his farm whom they cut off the throat.
“So, there is a serious manhunt for the hoodlums or whoever they are.”
Some indigenes of Ishiagu community in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi resident in Abakaliki, who reacted to the incident in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria, called on the police and other security agencies to curb the emerging security challenges along the Ishiagu-Mpu road.
