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Breaking: Gunmen Kill Labour Party Candidate In Imo State

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.

Fire Guts Bridge Head Market Onitsha

 

A mysterious fire has erupted in Ogbo Osisi, timber dealers section of Head Bridge market Onitsha destroying goods and properties worth millions. The fire according to eye witness started at the late hours of Saturday night after the traders might have closed for the day, destroying goods worth millions.

The fire service team are currently battling to put off the fire as of the time of filling this report. The cause of the fire has not been yet ascertained.

This is the second fire incident in the market in a row of two months. In November, several persons were injured after a blast, suspected to be a chemical explosion rocked the popular Ogbo Ogwu section of the market burning and destroying numerous shops.