Slain Labour Party Senatorial candidate for Enugu East district, Late Barr. Oyibo Chukwu has been replaced with his younger brother Hon. Kelvin Chukwu.
Recall that Barr. Oyibo Chukwu was allegedly assassinated on Wednesday night by hoodlums in Enugu.
However, reacting to the incident the Enugu Police Command confirmed the killing of Labour Party (LP)’s senatorial candidate for Enugu East Oyibo Chukwu and his personal assistant by gunmen.
Police spokesman Daniel Ndukwu in a statement said the incident happened Wednesday when the assailants on a Hilux vehicle, attacked and set ablaze Chukwu’s campaign vehicle.
Ndukwu explained that the gunmen “attacked and set ablaze the campaign vehicle of the Labour Party, at Eke-Otu Amechi-Awkunanaw Enugu, burning to death the Party’s Senatorial Candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Barr. Oyibo Chukwu (male) and his Personal Assistant (male) who was with him in the vehicle.
“However, the miscreants were repelled by security operatives while attempting to also attack the convoy of the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at Eke, Agbani, Nkanu West LGA.”
Nevertheless, with the alleged murder of the Senatorial candidate, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC postponed the Senatorial election in the district to March 11, 2023.