Insecurity: Assassins return full swing to PH, kill Rivers PDP chieftain

The state of insecurity that is speedily enveloping Rivers State is fast assuming freezing heights as the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State became the latest victim losing one its chieftains to assassins’ bullets on Tuesday morning.    

The latest victim, Olala Osondu, a chieftain of the PDP in Ahoada West Local Government Area of the State was shot and killed by yet-to-be identified gunmen suspected to be assassins.

Osondu, was until his murder, an ex-officio member of the PDP in the State and the Secretary of the Grassroots Development Initiative in Rivers.

The deceased was said to have been trailed by the gunmen to his house located off Ada-George in Port Harcourt around 12.30am. According to sources, he was returning from a meeting when the incident happened.

It was also gathered that the wife to the deceased said she heard two gunshots few seconds after sighting her husband’s car in the dark.

The wife of the deceased was said to have been shocked when she later found that her husband was dead ostensibly from the two gunshots she heard earlier.

Nothing was taken away from the deceased vehicle, even as his assailants took to their heels after hitting their target.

The State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, who confirmed the incident, told newsmen that the Police had begun investigation with a view to unravelling those behind the incident.