• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Gunmen Kill Ohanaeze Youth Leader’s Father, INEC Official In Ebonyi

by Obinna Ogbonnaya
2 years ago
in News
Ohanaeze
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed the father of the national youth leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mr Okafor Aja, 72, and an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State, Mr Emmanuel Igwe. The late Igwe hailed from Uburu in Ohaozara local government area of the state.

Advertisement

They were killed by suspected kidnappers on the Ishiagu/Mpu Road in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State. The INEC official was an assistant electoral officer in Afikpo North local government area.

While confirming the incident, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo national youth leader, Mazi Damian Okafor, said the kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen who operated on the Ishiagu/Mpu Road abducted the wife of the INEC officer having shot and killed the husband.

He said in a bid to escape into the bush with the abducted woman, the kidnappers ran into his father who was harvesting his yam in the farm and on sighting him, they attacked and killed him with a machete.

Okafor said the suspected herdsmen must have killed the father in a bid for him not to reveal the bush path they took, adding that the suspects had been unleashing mayhem on innocent motorists and commuters plying the Ishiagu/Mpu axis of the road.

RELATED

231 Nigerians Trafficked In Ghana To Return Friday

Federal Gov’t Allays Fears Over Anti-Nigerians Protests In Ghana

19 minutes ago
We’ll Handle Planned Anti-Hunger Protest As A Family Matter — Federal Gov’t

Federal Gov’t Moves To Tame Strikes With New Labour Rules

23 minutes ago

He revealed that the incident was said to have happened yesterday at about 12 noon adding that the matter has been reported to the police at Ivo Divisional Headquarters.

He, however expressed concern that since the incident happened, nothing much has been done by the police to ensure a manhunt for the suspected herdsmen noting that the whereabouts of the abducted woman is yet unknown.

A security expert in the state who also confirmed the attack yesterday said that suspected kidnappers had also last week shot and killed another man who hails from Akaeze also in Ivo local government area of the state.

It would be recalled that hundreds of women from Ishiagu in Ivo local government area of the state had last months staged a protest to condemn the incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen along the road which later resulted into a violent protest that led to the destruction of the residents of prominent personalities of the local government.

Governor Nwifuru had also last week appointed and sworn in special assistants on internal security in all the local government areas of the state with a mandate to curb insecurity in the state especially communal clashes and kidnappings.

Efforts to get the reaction of the state police public relations officer, Onome Onovwakpoyeya were unsuccessful.

 


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel




SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

HDAN Condemns Kano Govt Demolition Spree

Next Post

School Related Gender-based Violence Should Be Tackled Decisively – Federal Govt

Obinna Ogbonnaya

Obinna Ogbonnaya

You May Like

231 Nigerians Trafficked In Ghana To Return Friday
News

Federal Gov’t Allays Fears Over Anti-Nigerians Protests In Ghana

2025/07/31
We’ll Handle Planned Anti-Hunger Protest As A Family Matter — Federal Gov’t
News

Federal Gov’t Moves To Tame Strikes With New Labour Rules

2025/07/31
Ag COAS Investigates Video Of Major General, Orderly Brutalising Motorist
News

COAS Seeks Special Funding To Meet Operational Demands

2025/07/31
JUST-IN: Aviation Minister Sacks All FAAN, NAMA, NCAA, NSIB, NiMET Directors
News

Federal Gov’t Okays ₦920bn To Rebuild Lagos Airport, 6 Other Aviation Projects

2025/07/31
Emir Of Gudi Dies In Abuja
News

Emir Of Gudi Dies In Abuja

2025/07/31
Tinubu Names Majekodunmi As Climate Change Council DG
News

Tinubu Names Majekodunmi As Climate Change Council DG

2025/07/31
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Federal Gov’t Allays Fears Over Anti-Nigerians Protests In Ghana

Federal Gov’t Moves To Tame Strikes With New Labour Rules

COAS Seeks Special Funding To Meet Operational Demands

Is The Nigerian Professional Football League Ready For Global Attention?

Ex-Ondo PDP Dep Gov’ship Candidate Akingbaso, Others Join APC

Federal Gov’t Okays ₦920bn To Rebuild Lagos Airport, 6 Other Aviation Projects

Emir Of Gudi Dies In Abuja

Peter Obi Has Better Chance To Defeat Tinubu In 2027, Says El-Rufai’s Son

Tinubu Names Majekodunmi As Climate Change Council DG

PICTORIAL: INEC Tasks State Electoral Commissions On Credible Local Gov’t Polls

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.