Policemen shot by vigilante as LG chairman stops Reps aspirant’s meeting in Anambra

There was sporadic shooting successful Agbaja village, Abatete assemblage of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, connected Sunday greeting pursuing the deployment of operatives of Agunechemba Security Outfit to halt a projected stakeholders meeting.

Agbaja Civic Hall was the projected venue for a stakeholders gathering to beryllium hosted by Ifeanyi Ibezi, a erstwhile lawmaker, who planned to usage the accidental to state his volition to contention for a spot successful the House of Representatives for Idemili North and South Federal Constituency.

Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area, Stanley Nkwoka, had connected Saturday warned against holding the meeting, stating that the venue was unsafe. He threatened to apprehension anyone who attended the event.

Meanwhile, information men deployed to the venue connected Sunday greeting condoned it off, attacking workers deployed determination by Ibezi.

Ibezi who rushed to the country to find retired what the occupation was, was instantly attacked by the operatives, starring to 2 information men attached to him being gunned down.

DAILY POST analogous who rushed to the country learnt that the operatives person been rushed to hospital. Our analogous nevertheless met operatives of Agunechemba, who were inactive astatine the venue, denying everyone entry.

Our newsman was besides threatened by the hooded operatives who ordered him and different journalists astatine the venue to permission of hazard being...