Gunmen attack Labour Party ward meeting in Enugu

Gunmen have Invaded Labour Party’s Ward Meeting In Igboeze-north LG, 4th Attack in Enugu State.

The incident happened at Umuida Enugu-Ezike Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu state, Nigeria.

According to a source, “Gunmen attacked Labour Party’s ward meeting yesterday being Sunday 9/10/2022 at Umuida Enugu-Ezike Igbo-Eze North LGA. We were at the meeting when four guys on two bikes arrived the venue and started shooting in the air”.

“Everyone ran away, the ward chairman and others run forgetting their car keys on the table. We noticed that the Gunmen set some motorcycle and keke ablaze.

“They also drove away with a Camry. After a while, due to some configuration of the car, the engine stopped and the two guys came down and burn the car and left.”

This is about the fourth Attacks on Labor Party meetings in Enugu state in Four Local Government Areas in the state.

Available records revealed that Party was attacked in Aninri, Awgu, Oji River and now at Igboeze North Local Government Areas all in Enugu state in the last 5 Months.

The activities of So called unknown gunmen in several parts of the South East seems to have gone into a lull after several high profile killings of notable individuals.

Some of those killed included the husband of the late former Director General of the National Agency For Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Professor Dora Akunyili, Dr Chike Akunyil who was brutally murdered by gunmen earlier in the year.

This recent upsurge in attacks was started when the convoy of Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah was attacked in September while on a visit to his State of Anambra.

The attack on the Labour Party’s meeting in Enugu Ezike is the latest in a series of attacks on Political gatherings in the South East and this is in tandem with the Stated aim of the proscribed IPOB and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network, to not allow elections to hold in the South East in 2023.