Gunmen have killed the Councilor representing Echara Ward 2 in Okposi community, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Hon. Ogbonnaya Ugwu, popularly known as SPACO, Premium Times reports.
Premium Times gathered that Ugwu was shot dead around 10:00pm, on Saturday, March 11, while returning from his shop, a bar known in Okposi as ANGLE 90.
“The honourable Councilor was accosted while he was returning from his shop, a popular drinking joint in Okposi known as Angle 90. They shot him and he fell inside a gutter there, and they set him ablaze and left the scene. As I am talking to you now, N’echara youths in Okposi are protesting over the incident”.