Tension in Imo as thugs kill party agent

The governorship and state assembly elections in Imo State have thrown a community in Nkwerre Local Government Area into tensed mood after suspected political thugs killed a party agent.

According to reports, the killing of the party agent made voters who had yet to cast their votes to flee the polling unit.

The murdered party agent, yet to be identified, was said to have engaged some other party agents in a fierce argument in one of the polling units.

He was however ambushed and shot several times after leaving the polling unit by suspected political thugs until he died.

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The killing was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, who said the police command is already investigating the murder.

Ikeokwu said: “I can confirm that a party agent was shot dead at Nkwerre. We have swiftly responded and taken over the investigation process.

“Outside some pockets of violence, the security architecture of the state is wonderful. The security agencies are on top of the situation. We have made a couple of arrest including the arrest of fake policemen at Umuobom in the Ideato South LGA.”

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