Enugu: Gunmen Kill Oyibo, LP Senatorial Candidate, Five Others, Set Bodies Ablaze; He Was Chimaroke Nnamani’s Opponent

By Charles Igbo

Oyibo Chukwu, the Labour Party Senatorial Candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, has been shot and killed by gunmen.

Oyibo, a Lawyer, was murdered on Wednesday in the Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local  Government Area of the State while he was heading  home after the final Campaign outing against his contest for the Senate seat on Saturday. He was an opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, expelled Candidate, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani.

Shot with him were five other people who were in the vehicle with him. They were  shot dead, and their bodies set ablaze while still inside the vehicle. The  identities of the five persons were yet to be disclosed at the time of filing this report.

However, Chijioke Edoga, LP’s Governorship Candidate in the State, has confirmed the incident. 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 Saturday’s election.”

Apparently, the attack happened at a bad spot. A couple of weeks ago, Uche Nnaji, the Governorship Candidate of the  All Progressives Party, APC, was also attacked same spot.

Oyibo was scheduled to contest for the Enugu East Senatorial District on Saturday February 25. Sadly, he was gruesomely murdered three days to the contest.

For the records, Simon Ekpa, the Finland-based Nigerian/Finland citizen, leader of a break away faction of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPoB, had ordered a sit-at-home order in the South-east, beginning from February 22, 2023. He ordered that there would be no elections in the Zone.