Paul Osuyi, Asaba
The Special Assistant on Youth Development to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Mr. Lawrence Ngozi Akpomiemie, has been shot dead by gunmen.
Ngozi was allegedly killed on Friday around Ekpan in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. He was returning from an outing with his girlfriend when the assailants ambushed him and shot him in the head and chest.
Sources added that he was repeatedly shot. The hoodlums were said to have waited until he gave up the ghost before leaving.
Although the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Oresewezie Chuks, could not confirm the incident, multiple military sources confirmed it on Saturday morning. Also, police source in the area confirmed the development.
Meanwhile, there was an attack on the house of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ika federal constituency, Sebastian Okoh, in Agbor by gunmen suspected to be assassins who riddled his house with bullets.
Narrating his ordeal, Mr. Okoh popularly called Saba Na Baba, said he was in with his household when suddenly bullets start raining down on his building, causing serious damage to parked vehicles.
He said the attempt to kill him and his household was to put a stop to the liberation agenda, an agenda he said is divine to give his constituents new leadership.
While thanking God for saving him and his family from the war-like situation that lasted for a few minutes, he appealed for calm on the part of his supporters, saying that God has saved him and preserved him for a purpose.
He said he had earlier reported the matter to the Agbor area command of the Nigerian Police of some suspected movements and presence of some foreign elements in his community.
The Area Commandant, ACP Cordelia Ikejiani, who visited the scene, assured the protesting indigenes of Umunede community that the police would carry out thorough investigation to fish out the culprits.
Some indigenes of Umunede, the hometown of the APC candidate, had trooped to the street in protest against the attack on the home of their illustrious son.
But Ikejiani sued for peace, adding that only peace can guarantee an environment that will promote healthy growth.