The unfortunate incident occurred while they were returning from Aba, Abia State, along the Mpu (Enugu)/Shiagu (Ebonyi) road on Sunday which the Ebonyi State Police Command has attributed the attack to Fulani herdsmen.
However, the PDP Campaign Council, in a statement issued by the Media Adviser to the 2023 PDP Governorship Candidate, Abia Onyike, has called on security agencies to launch a thorough investigation into the incident and ensure that the perpetrators are apprehended and brought to justice.
The victim, Emmanuel Igwe, was the son of Rev. Dr. S.N. Igwe, a Deputy Director of the Ebonyi 2023 PDP Campaign Council, also known as Anyi Ga Emeya Campaign Organisation. The party condemns this heinous act and demands swift action to bring those responsible to book.
The statement read, “The Ebonyi State PDP Campaign Council has received with shock and trepidation the news of the brutal murder of Deacon Emmanuel Igwe, a staff of INEC, and the kidnap of his wife, also an INEC staff, on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
“They were reported to have been attacked along the Ishaigu axis on the Afikpo-Okigwe Expressway by gunmen. The information available to us indicates that the victim was on the steering wheel when he was shot and his wife abducted by the gunmen.
“We condemn this barbaric act of criminality and urge the security agencies to swing into action to ensure that those behind this ugly incident are unmasked and made to face the full wrath of the law.
“We sincerely commiserate with the family of the deceased and the Independent National Electoral Commission. We especially console the father of the deceased, Rev. Dr. S. N. Igwe, a Deputy Director of our Anyi Ga Emeya Campaign Organisation.
“We call on the Security Agencies and the State Government to investigate the killing and work towards the release of the wife of the deceased who is still under the custody of the hoodlums.”
