Prof Oyibo Chukwu, the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, is said to have been murdered.
This comes only three days before the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
He was allegedly set ablaze with other party members late Wednesday evening in Amaechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area, Enugu State.
Unidentified persons were said to have accosted them while driving in a Sienna minivan and set the vehicle on fire. Five people were believed to have been affected.
A campaign car belonging to a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Offor Chukwuegbo, was also claimed to have been set ablaze inside the same axis. Chukwuegbo is the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for the Federal Constituency of Enugu North/South.
The number of casualties in the incident is unknown, however the driver of the minibus was apparently killed.
The police have yet to release a statement about the two incidents.
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