Gunmen have shot dead the All Progressives Congress chairman in Logara/Umuohiagu Ward in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State.

Ifeanyi Ozoemena was shot dead on Tuesday night two hours after he had finished presiding over a meeting of his party in the ward, in preparation for the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly polls billed for Saturday.

The vice chairman of Logara Development Union, Mr. Martin Opara, confirmed the incident. Opara said the Eze-in-Council in conjunction with the community’s town union had met and sent a delegation to the Divisional Police Officer requesting for the killers to be arrested.

“This killing is strange to our community. Report says that he was shot severally in his house until he died. We have met with the Eze-in-council and have sent a delegation to the DPO requesting that the killers should be arrested immediately.

“Logara community is known for peace and we won’t jeopardise peace among us. The deceased finished hosting a meeting of APC members in his ward after which gunmen operating in a jeep came and requested to see him. On sighting him, they shot him severally before they left,” he said.