Labour Party House of Assembly candidate for Onuimo Local Government Area, Imo State Christopher Elehu popularly known as Wasco has been assassinated.
He was killed today, Friday, December 16 by suspected assassins who also set his country home ablaze and destroyed his property including a motorcycle.
The suspects struck in the early hours of Friday and shot for over two hours.
Sources said the gunmen also visited the houses of other politicians in the area but didn’t meet them at home.
His corpse was said to have been found laying on the floor with matchet cuts when villagers gathered in the morning.
