Gov. Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has placed a N20million bounty on killers of the newly elected APC LG chairman in Imo.
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has promised a reward of N20
million to anyone with useful information on the killers of a chieftain
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
The governor made the pledge on Friday, hours after Sunny Ejiagwu,
the APC chairman in Ideato North Local Government Area, was killed by
gunmen suspected to be hired assassins.
Ejiagwu was murdered, four days after he was elected as the APC
Chairman in the LGA, along the Orlu-Akokwa Road on his way home after
attending a meeting at the APC Secretariat in Owerri, the state capital.
The spokesperson for the Imo State Police Command, Andrew Enwerem,
said the police have launched an investigation into the killing.
Meanwhile, the Imo State APC Chairman, Daniel Nwafor, has condemned the killing, describing it as unfortunate and unwarranted.
Nwafor told reporters at the party’s state secretariate that the murder was capable of causing political chaos in the state.
He called on the security agencies to urgently launch a manhunt for the perpetrators of the act.
He recalled that the deceased had raised fears over his safety on
Thursday during one of their meetings, decrying the volatile nature of
his local government.
Nwafor, however, called on party supporters in the state to remain
calm as the security agencies work to ensure the perpetrators were
brought to justice.
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