Chiedoziem Anyanwu, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze ward in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State have been shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
The ward chairman’s killers were said to have rode on a motorcycle on Thursday to carry out the assassination.
It was gather that Anyawu’s killers mentioned his name and requested to see him when they got to the ward chairman’s house on that day.
A source disclosed that, “The chairman of PDP in Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze ward in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area was shot dead before his wife by gunmen who requested to see him.
“The development has brought an uneasy calm within the fold of the PDP in the state. The slain party chairman was vibrant. Nobody knew why he was killed.”
The incident was confirmed by the Director General of the New Media of the PDP in the state, Lancelot Obiaku, who charged security operatives in the state to make sure the fleeing suspects are arrested and prosecuted.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that he had not been briefed on the killing.
He, however, said that he was going to make an inquiry and resort to our correspondent but had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the National Cybercrime Centre of the Nigeria Police Force, acting on credible intelligence, has arrested three suspects in connection with charges of conspiracy, identity theft, and romance scam.
This was made known in a statement by the Force Spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, shared on the Force X account.
The statement disclosed that the suspects, Njoku Kingsley, 35, Chigozie Okorie, 34, and Jideofor Sejus, 35, were arrested after investigations showed their involvement in a range of deceptive practices, perpetrated by impersonating an individual named Anthony James.
Under this false identity, they individually targeted victims, engaging in romance scams to defraud them of their hard-earned resources.
The suspects, in voluntary written statements, admitted their roles in the criminal conspiracy.
The statement added: “Consequently, members of the cyber community as a borderless state are enjoined to exercise great restraint or totally shy away from establishing resource-exchanging relationships in the social media space.
“The suspects will be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.”