CENTUS NWEZE Reporting
The Campaign Council of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) in Ebonyi State has condemned the murder of the Councilor representing Echara Ward 2 in Okposi Community, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi State, Mr Ogbonnaya Ugwu, popularly known as Spaco.
Truthlive News had earlier reported the killing also mentioning that police authority in the state are yet to make statements on it.
But reacting to the killing on Sunday in a statement by the Director Media and Publicity of APGA campaign council, Mr Charles Otu, the party sympathized with the family of the deceased and charged the government as well as the security agencies to unravel the killers of the deceased and other citizens of the State killed in suspicious manner in recent time.
As reported earlier, the deceased who was operating a drinking joint in Okposi known as Angle was killed around 10 pm Saturday as he was returning from his shop.
A source in Okposi who confirmed the incident to our Correspondent in Abakaliki Sunday morning, said Ugwu was accosted by the gunmen around Okposi Court Area junction.
“The deceased, Ugwu was a development-oriented and liberal minded community leader who was well respected across Okposi and beyond.
“We at Odohzia Ebonyi Campaign council strongly condemn this, yet another senseless killing of a vibrant Ebonyi youth.
“We recall and very sadly too that just a few weeks to the the last election, another youth, Mr. Ogbonnaya Agwu, was also gunned down by yet to be identified gunmen in the same Court Area, Okposi Okwu in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the State.
“While we sincerely sympathize with the family of the deceased, our campaign council charge the government whose primary responsibility remains the protection of lives and property in partnership with security agencies to unravel the killers of these citizens.
“This campaign council, again, hereby urges the security agencies to live up to its billing and ransack the old Government House, Abakaliki where we learnt they have been stockpiles of arms and ammunitions including alleged quartering of the said ‘fake officers’,” the statement said.