The senatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Enugu East senatorial district, Oyibo Chukwu, and five other supporters have been assassinated.
Veritynewsonline reports that the incident happened at Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area on Wednesday evening.
Confirming the report, the governorship candidate of the LP, Chijioke Edeoga, said that the gunmen shot him inside his vehicle with five other people with him and set the car ablaze.
He said, “It is true that our senatorial candidate for Enugu East senatorial district for Saturday’s election has been killed. They shot him and five others and set them ablaze.
“Our party members are being targeted for assassination by political parties that felt threatened by the rise of the Labour Party in the state and are afraid they may lose the Saturday’s election.”
Police authorities were yet to react to the incident as at the time of filling this report.