Hoodlums suspected to be assassins, Wednesday night, murdered the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olomu Ward 1, along Ogoni-Olomu Road, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The deceased, who was identified as Paul Onomuakpokpo, was said to have been murdered while on his way from where he has gone to celebrate the Supreme Court victory of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
A source, who claimed to be with the deceased at when he left the house, said: “We were at the premises of one of the SAs to the state governor on Youth Development celebrating the victory of the governor on the Supreme Court ruling yesterday.
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“Late Paul Onomuakpokpo, who is also the Tipper Unit Chairman of the NURTW in Olomu, told us he was going to collect money from his colleagues, but within few minutes, we heard this horrible news that he has been shot dead.”
The source, who was speaking on phone crying, said it was shocking to receive such news that somebody they had been with a short while has been killed by some persons, saying it is difficult to believe.
It was learnt that a team of security agents attached to the Otu-Jeremi Division were seen conveying the corpse of the deceased’s corpse to the mortuary.
The shock of the news of the deceased was said to have brought serious tension to Olomu comunity and its environs as sympathisers were saying it was a clear case of assassination.
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