Gunmen, suspected to be political thugs, destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally venue in Ebonyi State, in the early hours of Friday. It was learnt that the venue of the rally was the home of (PDP) candidate for Izizi/Abakaliki Federal Constituency, Barnabas Ofoke. This was made known by the Deputy Director Media and Publicity PDP campaign council, Moses Idike, in a statement on Friday accusing the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) in the state of being responsible for the attack.
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has suspended operations of the South East Security Network, Ebubeagu, in the state, after several complaints about abuses. Umahi, who is also the South East Governors’ Forum chairman, reintroduced the State Neighborhood Security Watch and Ebonyi State Security Corps in a declaration via a state broadcast. There have been calls from groups and political parties, alleging that Umahi made use of Ebubeagu personnel to witch-hunt political opponents, killing and abducting some of the political actors in the process.
The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Izzi/Abakaliki Federal Constituency candidate, Mr. Barnabas Ofoke, yesterday escaped death as some assailants