Disclosing this in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of Ebonyi State Police Command, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, alleged that one of the suspects, Leonard Kelechi Nwali confessed to the crime.
The candidates of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and the Labour Party (LP) in Ebonyi state, have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to cancel the ongoing Abakaliki North Constituency Supplementary election. They accused some officials of the Nigeria's electoral umpire of colluding with the ruling All Progressives Congress and security agents to rig the poll.
The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a Labour Party House of Assembly aspirant for Ezza North Constituency, Leonard Kelechi Nwali and three others in connection with the killing of one Peter Nweke. Nweke, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, was tortured to death by suspected political thugs during the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ebonyi State.
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