A grassroots politician and ward chairman of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Anambra State, Chief Joe Moghalu, has been shot dead.
A member of YPP representing Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency of Anambra in the National Assembly, Hon Chinwe Nnabuife, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka yesterday.
Until his death, Moghalu was the ward chairman of the YPP in Agbiligba Nanka.
He was shot in the leg and stomach after a stakeholders’ meeting he organised for the Nnabuife on Saturday ahead of the yet-to-scheduled rerun election in the ward following the decision of the election petitions tribunal and Court of Appeal.
Nnabuife said they had a fruitful meeting and had departed the venue barely one hour when the news of the tragic murder of ward chairman and grassroots politician reached her.
She described the murder of her supporter as “inhumane and devastating
The commissioner of police Aderemi Adeoye, who confirmed the incident, said whoever was responsible for the killing would have a date with the law.
