Some gunmen have gunned down Christian Ihim, the Ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Umuchoke ward in Okwe in the Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State.
Five other stakeholders of the party were also abducted in the affected community.
Those who witnessed the scenario confirmed the incident to newsmen, saying the gunmen shot sporadically and made those in the village ran for their own lives.
The attackers also stormed a neighbouring community Okwelle and abducted a female member of the party, Onyinyech Egenti.
A source revealed that; ”The ward chairman of APC in Umuchoke Okwe in Onuimo Local Government Area has been killed. Apart from killing him they also kidnapped five APC members in the community. They also went to Okwelle community and kidnapped an APC female member known as Onyinyechi Egenti. Our community is on the run now. They shot like it was a war period.”