Labour Party senatorial candidate Oyibo Chukwu shot dead in Enugu. The legal practitioner’s body was also burnt during the attack on Wednesday.
Oyibo Chukwu, a Labour senatorial candidate, was on Wednesday evening shot dead in Enugu, witnesses said in a video.
Mr Chukwu, a barrister, was killed while on a campaign movement around Agbani in the state, reports said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which reportedly claimed other people in the campaign van. It was unclear how many people were in the vehicle.
Oyibo was reportedly shot and burnt alongside his vehicle and some other occupants. He was said to be returning from a Campaign trip when the attack occurred around Agbani area of the state.
Until his demise, Chief. Bar Oyibo Chukwu was a legal practitioner based in Enugu with over Thirty years standing at the bar.
He recently filed a suit challenging the candidacy of the PDP in the Enugu East Senatorial contest in the forthcoming general elections following the expulsion of Chimaroke Nnamani from the PDP.
All the victims were reportedly burnt alongside the candidate. A spokesman for the police in Enugu did not immediately return a request seeking comments.
The incident came as Nigerians were preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, during which Mr Chukwu was seen among the top contenders on the back of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s rising popularity.
