Gunmen Kill Councillor, Set His Body Ablaze In Ebonyi State (Photos)

Gunmen has killed a councillor and set his body ablaze in Ebonyi State.

IGBERETV reports that gunmen have killed the councillor representing Echara Ward 2 in Okposi Community, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi State, Hon. Ogbonnaya Ugwu, popularly known as SPACO.

It was gathered that Ugwu was shot dead around 10 pm on Saturday, March 11, 2023, while returning from his shop, a drinking joint known in Okposi as ANGLE 90.

“The honourable Councillor was accosted while he was returning from his shop, a popular drinking joint in Okposi known as Angle 90. They shot him and he fell inside a gutter there, and they set him ablaze and left the scene. As I am talking to you now, N’echara youths in Okposi are protesting over the incident,” a source told newsmen.

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Some of his friends have mourned him on Facebook. Joy Onyekwerechukwu wrote;

“Oh God help us oo OKPOSI is on fire like this shooting and, killing at court area

Hon. Spaco may your soul keep resting
He was shot in his car and burnt to ashes in court area round about last

Now okposi is on the run

Party and election wahala

Oh God we need peace in our land okposi”