Gunmen suspected to be political thugs have killed a ward chairman of Young Progressives Party (YYP) in Anambra State.
The ward chairman, whose name was given as Joe Mohale, of Nanka Ward 1 in Orumba North Local Government Area, was killed on Saturday evening, shortly after a meeting where he hosted the member representing Orumba North and South Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Chinwe Nnabuife.
The incident is coming ahead of the rerun election in the area between the YPP candidate, Nnabuife, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flagbearer, Okwudili Ezenwankwo.
