Two persons were shot dead by suspected gunmen on Saturday, July 31, in Ugwuachara, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, just as the ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) turned violent.
According to reports, the unknown hoodlums, after killing their victims, carted away with some election materials.
While several other party members sustained injuries, the particular case of a woman stood out. Franktalknow learnt that the woman’s left leg was completely shattered as she was shot at close range.
A resident of the area who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told newsmen that some other persons including the Ebubeagu Security personnel also sustained bullet injuries during the attack.
Narrating what happened, he said, “By 5pm I drove from police junction Ugwuachara through Tina Nweze Street to Ugwuachara Central School. On getting to Ugwuachara Central School, I saw a black Hiace bus with tinted glass and a saloon car. I didn’t pick the reg numbers because their plates were covered besides the multitude in the field participating in the APC ward congress. All of a sudden gunmen numbering about 10 emerged from the bus with AK47 rifles and gunfire ensued.”
“There was chaos as I was caught in the melee. I managed to hit the Abakaliki Mile 4 Road and crossed to the other side. I packed somewhere and rushed to where I could get a clear picture of the scene. I saw gunmen suspected to be Ebubeagu operatives fleeing the scene while others started returning fire.”
“At that point, the gunmen entered their vehicles and drove out while Ebubeagu entered their own vehicle and pursued them.”
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“Then some people who ran towards my side told me that two gunmen were brought down. When I emerged from my hiding place, I drove towards police junction trying to access my house but started hearing the sound of gunfire again along Tina Nweze street and people who were fleeing the street told me that Ebubeagu were confronting the unknown gunmen who fled through Haraca by Expressway.”
“On my way home, I saw a woman lying in her pool of blood and when I asked onlookers, they told me that one of the people pursuing the gunmen hit a bike carrying the woman and her leg got shattered. I reversed my car and took her into my car and rushed her to AE-FETHA. When I got to the accident ward, I noticed the presence of Ebubeagu operatives and when I enquired I was informed that they rushed their colleagues who suffered bullet wounds from the incident”, the source narrated.
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