Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed an Assistant Electoral Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Emmanuel Igwe and kidnapped his wife .
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the incident took place on Sunday along Ishiagu axis of the Ishiagu-Mpu Road in Ebonyi State.
He was reportedly killed on Sunday evening while returning from Anambra State.
It was learned that Igwe’s wife was also abducted by the gunmen.
An INEC official in Abakaliki headquarters, Nicholas Onu, disclosed that the slain victim was killed by kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen.
Onu called for the immediate deployment of joint police and military security team to stave off armed kidnapping, robbery, and other forms of criminality along the road.
Onu said: “Mr Emmanuel Igwe was shot and killed by armed kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen while they abducted his wife.
“Latest information from the family has it that the corpse has been evacuated and deposited at a morgue in Abakaliki while the suspects are demanding for a N10 million ransom.”
Confirming the incident on Monday, the Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said a detachment of tactical team from the command had been sent for a manhunt for the criminals.
Onovwakpoyeya said: “There was an attack where one person was shot in the head through the windscreen and nothing was taken from the vehicle and the other victim was a farmer working on his farm whom they cut off the throat.
“So, there is a serious manhunt for the hoodlums or whoever they are.”
Some indigenes of Ishiagu community in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, while speaking on the incident, called on the police and other security agencies to curb the emerging security challenges along the Ishiagu-Mpu Road.
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