Political
thugs on Monday, January 6, shot an elected councillor named Ahamefule
Maduabuchi dead at Umundugba, the headquarters of the Isu Local Government Area
of Imo State, as he was trying to resume duty.
Newsflash247
gathered that trouble started on Monday after the suspended chairmen and their
councillors across the state besieged the 27 LGAs headquarters with the intent
to resume duty.
They had
cited the Supreme Court judgement in a case between suspended Ekiti State LGAs
chairmen and the state government wherein the apex court ruled that the
governor had no legal power to suspend duly elected LGAs chairmen.
But the
suspended chairmen met stiff opposition from the Interim Management Committee
chairmen which led to a riotous situation.
A source said,
“One of the suspended councillors, Ahamefule Maduabuchi, who was trying to
resume duty after the Supreme Court ruled that the governor of Ekiti State had
no power to suspend elected chairmen in the state has been shot dead.”
When
contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said that the
State Commissioner of Police, Olaniyi Fafowora, had launched an investigation
into the killing of the suspended councillor.
Ikeokwu
said, “Yes, we are aware of the killing of one of the suspended councillors at
Isu LGA today but the commissioner of police has launched an investigation into
the killing with of view to apprehending the killers.
“The CP had
a meeting with the suspended councillors and they have agreed to sheath their
swords for now. The area is calm and the state is calm. People should go about
their lawful business without fear.”
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