Gunmen on Tuesday night killeD the ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Umuchoke ward in Okwe in the Onuimo Local Government of Imo State, Christian Ihim.
The gunmen after killinG him who is popularly known as Zako, kidnapped five other chieftains of the ruling party in the community.
Community sources told our correspondent on Wednesday that the attackers shot repeatedly all through the night making the villagers to flee.
Apart from killing and kidnapping the APC chieftains, the gunmen also invaded a neighbouring community called Okwelle and also kidnapped a female member of the APC identified as Onyinyechi Egenti.
The slain chairman is said to be a former aide of the immediate past national Organising secretary of APC, Emma Ibediro.
One of the sources told Okeomanews that the community has been deserted.
