Politics

Moghalu reacts to the assassination of Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Mr. Oyibo Chukwu

Former African Democratic Party (ADC) presidential candidate Kingsley Moghalu has reacted to the assassination of Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Mr. Oyibo Chukwu.

Chukwu was murdered and set ablaze with other party members on Wednesday evening in Amaechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area, Enugu State.

It was gathered that unidentified persons were said to have accosted them while riding in a Sienna vehicle.

Reacting, Moghalu on Twitter, expressed sadness over the incident.

“What a tragedy! I’m deeply saddened. Oyibo was my classmate at the University of Nigeria (Enugu Campus) Law Faculty. Does politics have to be this desperate and violent?

“May his soul rest in peace. My sincere condolences to Oyibo Chukwu’s family,” he wrote on Twitter.

 

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