Tension is mounting at Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze ward in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local government Area of lmo state, following the gruesome murder of the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon.Smith Chiedoziem Anyanwu by yet to be identified gunmen.
Anyanwu, according to information was gunned down on Thursday night in the presence of his wife by two gunmen in his country home.
In a telephone conversation with The Trumpet on Friday, an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, said the gunmen arrived Anyanwu’s residence on a motorbike and enquired about him.
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He said: “The two men rode in on a bike and asked his wife about her husband’s whereabouts, and she pointed towards the compound. They just went there and shot him point-blank, waited for some seconds before zooming off.”
“The first gunshot had scared away passers-by, so they had no resistance to escape. The problem now is that people have deserted the community for fear of more attacks,” the source added.
When Contacted, the lmo state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP, Henry Okoye, stated that the Ezinihitte Mbaise Divisional Headquarters is yet to inform the command.
