Unknown gunmen on Friday morning allegedly killed the 2023 Labour Party, LP, candidate for Onuimo constituency in Imo state, Christopher Elehu.

An eyewitness who spoke to newsmen said the incident happened early hours of the day.

The eyewitness alleged that Elehu, was “Attacked with cutlass and his properties set ablaze by the said hoodlums. They also attacked so many houses and shot sporadically. They injured many and the residents flee.”

Reacting, the Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, said: “It is under investigation and the command has sent our men to the area for surveillance and patrol.”

Recall that few weeks ago, the candidate of the labour party in Okigwe, Chukwunoneye Iruno, reportedly slumped and died in a hospital a day to the Presidential rally of the labour party in Imo.