PDP Chieftain Shot Dead In Port Harcourt

THE alleged killing of Eric Ezenekwe, an aide to the sacked state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Godspower Ake, has introduced a dangerous twist into the crisis rocking the ruling party.

Ezenekwe was allegedly killed by suspected assassins when he returned home at about 11pm on Tuesday.

He was reportedly tortured by the yet-to-be-identified persons and later shot at his home in Erema, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area.

The spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, Angela Agabe, confirmed the incident saying the matter was still being investigated.

Ezenekwe’s killing is attributed to the alleged withdrawal of police orderlies from top government officials and politicians.

An in-law to the assassinated aide, Felix Akpa, said on the telephone: “Ezenekwe arrived home at 11pm last night (Tuesday) only to run into an ambush. The assassins pounced on him and pushed him into his bedroom, where they tied his hands; inflicted electric cable wounds on him and with machete cuts on his back and ended his life with three shots.

“Ezenekwe was alone that night, because of the hospitalisation of his wife. His three children and a pastor living in his house were all out.

“It was a man who had an appointment with Ezenekwe, for a trip to Port Harcourt on May 15 that found him in a pool of blood and raised the alarm.”